Interesting article on sex and seniors
Jul 4, 2017 22:21:21 GMT -5
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Post by northstarmom on Jul 4, 2017 22:21:21 GMT -5
Just in case you're tempted to think that if you make it to sixty, your SM won't manage to you, here's a Detroit Free Press article that offers a different perspective.
"People look at disability and age as a problem, " sexuality educator Melanie Davis said. "We don’t have to frame it as this horrible thing." Davis, SaferSex4Seniors developer, said it's a myth that men and women lose sexual interest with age. In fact, "they will likely have satisfying sex later in life," she said....
Myth: They only have one partner
Christine Heumann, physician at Detroit Medical Center's Receiving Hospital and medical director at the Detroit Public Health STD Clinic, said people are living longer and having more sexual partners.“65 is the new 45," echoed Dr. Patrice Harold, Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecology at Detroit Medical Center's Hutzel Women's Hospital....
Myth: Sex isn't happening in nursing homes
In 2015, a then 85-year-old woman known as "The Condom Lady" spent time touring senior living homes in Florida, educating residents about safe sex."And I ask the seniors: How old do you think you are when you stop thinking about sex? And they all say, when you're dead,” Kate GeMeiner told Health News Florida....
Myth: Sex isn't good for seniors
Harold said sex can be a great health booster."There’s nothing wrong with having sex after 60 and there are benefits for vaginal health," Harold said. She said the more seniors have sex, the longer they can usually maintain it as part of their lifestyle — "use it, or lose it." Improved sleep, younger appearance, less migraines and relationships satisfaction, are among reasons AARP lists to "have more sex after 50."Some reports also show sex can lower odds of developing prostate cancer for men."
www.freep.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/11/yes-your-grandmother-having-sex/100122980/
"People look at disability and age as a problem, " sexuality educator Melanie Davis said. "We don’t have to frame it as this horrible thing." Davis, SaferSex4Seniors developer, said it's a myth that men and women lose sexual interest with age. In fact, "they will likely have satisfying sex later in life," she said....
Myth: They only have one partner
Christine Heumann, physician at Detroit Medical Center's Receiving Hospital and medical director at the Detroit Public Health STD Clinic, said people are living longer and having more sexual partners.“65 is the new 45," echoed Dr. Patrice Harold, Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecology at Detroit Medical Center's Hutzel Women's Hospital....
Myth: Sex isn't happening in nursing homes
In 2015, a then 85-year-old woman known as "The Condom Lady" spent time touring senior living homes in Florida, educating residents about safe sex."And I ask the seniors: How old do you think you are when you stop thinking about sex? And they all say, when you're dead,” Kate GeMeiner told Health News Florida....
Myth: Sex isn't good for seniors
Harold said sex can be a great health booster."There’s nothing wrong with having sex after 60 and there are benefits for vaginal health," Harold said. She said the more seniors have sex, the longer they can usually maintain it as part of their lifestyle — "use it, or lose it." Improved sleep, younger appearance, less migraines and relationships satisfaction, are among reasons AARP lists to "have more sex after 50."Some reports also show sex can lower odds of developing prostate cancer for men."
www.freep.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/04/11/yes-your-grandmother-having-sex/100122980/
