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You Are Never Too Old for Sex, Part 2

You Are Never Too Old for Sex, Part 2

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 In Part 2 of the ‘You Are Never Too Old for Sex’ episode, sex educator and therapist Melanie Ramey discusses the need for adult children, caregivers, and assisted living facility staff to understand the sexual and privacy rights of older adults. Melanie shares statistics on how many people remain sexually active past the age of 60 and explains the difficulties facing these adults when they enter care facilities ill-equipped to understand and accommodate their sexual activity and needs. Older adults have sex wherever they live, just as anyone younger may do, which includes their homes, assisted living facilities, or nursing homes. There is a stigma against older adults engaging in sexual activities, so Melanie shares studies, books, and resources that shed light on the need for privacy and dignity regarding the sexual needs of older adults. Their sexual expression is often labelled as sexually inappropriate behavior due to poor staff training and understanding. The truth about education on the needs of older adults in regards to sexual expression is highlighted and explained by Melanie, and it’s a subject we will all face because aging is one thing we all share.Resources discussed in this episode:“The New Love and Sex After 60” by Robert Butler, MD and Myrna Lewis, PhD“Sexuality and Long-Term Care” by Gayle Doll, MS, PhDVideo: Freedom of Sexual Expression: Dementia and Resident Rights in Long-Term Care Facilities—Contact Melanie Ramey: Instagram: @SexuallySpeakingWithMelanieFacebook: Sexually Speaking with Melanie RameyLinkedin: Sexually Speaking with Melanie Ramey—Canon in D Major performed by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/—TranscriptNarrator: [00:00:03] Here's a fact that should not be surprising, but probably is. 25% of those aged 75 to 85 are still sexually active. Given that reality, there are implications for privacy, individual rights and sensitivity to the issue among adult children, caregivers and assisted living facilities. Welcome to the Sexually Speaking podcast with sex educator and therapist Melanie Ramey. Melanie Ramey: [00:00:32] Hello again. In this podcast we are continuing our discussion of sexuality throughout life from the time we're born until we get old, regardless of how old that will be. And this is a podcast for everyone, regardless of your age. Even if you're younger and you keep on breathing, you will get old. This reminds me of the subject of untold research that seeks to determine how and why some people live to be very old. And you see this all the time. You should eat certain things, you shouldn't eat certain things, you should drink certain things, you shouldn't drink certain things, and on and on kinds of ideas as to how it is that you can live to be old. Well, I have the solution and that is keep on breathing. That is the only sure way to live to be old. But this brings us to our topic then today that we're still breathing. As long as we are alive, we are also sexual beings. And so an interesting study in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that 73% of Americans 57 to 64 years old, report being sexually active, 53% of Americans 64 to 75 years old report being sexually active, 26% of Americans 75 to 85 years old report being sexually active. People who are in excellent or very good health are two times more likely to be sexually active as those in fair or poor health. Women, for example, reported less sexual activity because they lacked sexual partners more often than men. Melanie Ramey: [00:02:29] So where do older adults have sex? Well, in their private homes, in assisted living facilities, or in nursing homes. Obviously, older adults who continue to live in their own homes have more freedom to pursue whatever kind of relationships they choose. Wherever one lives, there are physical conditions that might interfere with sexual functioning. These, of course, can include health issues. They can include certain diseases like vascular disease, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, stress incontinence, Parkinson's, depression and dementia. But I'm putting on the Facebook page a reference to a book by Doctor Robert Butler and Myrna Lewis. And they deal with all the different kinds of the medical conditions and how they impact one's sexuality. And so you might want to take a look at that. There are also medications that can interfere with sexual functioning. And these can include the antihypertensive drugs, the lipid lowering agents, diuretics, opioids, antihistamines, stimulants and antidepressants, to name a few. And alcohol and tobacco can also have an effect. So if you begin noticing a change in your sexual functioning and desire and have added a new medication or changed the dosage of one you have been taking, this should be the first place to check and see if that might be what is causing a change. Usually, when taking a ...
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