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Goals and Learning Outcomes

Sexual health is a vital component of life and general well-being for older adults of all abilities. Sexuality develops in a person over the course of their lifetime. The presence of a disease process does not necessarily equate to the end of one’s sexuality. Healthcare professionals may fail to recognize the sexual lives of the older adults in their care. They should strive to promote the older adult’s comfort and trust to candidly discuss their sexuality. In this course, you will learn about sexuality and the older adult to include sexual health, intimacy, and the normal age-related changes to sexual function and desire. You will explore trends in attitudes toward sexuality in the older adult and the ethical/legal issues that healthcare professionals must consider. You will take away up-to-date recommendations on how best to manage sexual intimacy and the older adult in the long-term care setting.


After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Identify the necessary steps to take in recognizing and addressing the sexual needs of people who live in LTC.
  • Differentiate between normal age-related sexual changes and changes caused by disease and disability.
  • Recognize stereotypical age-biased views of sexuality among older adults based on research findings.
  • Apply the ethical concepts of autonomy and dignity to sexual issues in long-term care settings.
  • Recognize the risk of elders contracting HIV/AIDS and STDs.
  • Differentiate between normal age-related sexual changes and changes caused by disease and disability.
  • Identify the necessary steps to take in recognizing and addressing the sexual needs of people who live in long-term care settings.
  • Recognize stereotypical age-biased views of sexuality among older adults. 
  • Apply the ethical concepts of autonomy and dignity to sexual issues in long-term care settings.

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Course Originally Released On: 02/01/22

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Accreditation Information

Nurse.com Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.