Sexuality and Aging

This course is designed to offer senior care professionals insight into normal sexuality in aging, as well as tools to help solve resident challenges in this area.

Your instructor for this course is Dorothy Mayer. Dorothy obtained her Master of Gerontological Studies at Miami University and has experience working as a Healthcare/Long Term Care Administrator

• Terminology
• Understanding Myths and Reality
• Normal Changes with Aging
• Other Factors Impacting Sexuality in Later Life
• Drugs Implicated in Sexual Dysfunction
• Specific Problems with Dementia Residents and Sexuality
• How Psychology Affects the Sex Drive
• Sex and the Resident
• Lesbian, Gay, Transgendered and Bisexuality
• Developing your Policy on Resident Sexuality
• Resident Sexual Intervention in the Vulnerable

• How sexuality continues to be a healthy life force for the aged and aging person
• Tool for developing responses to sexual challenges that may occur in the care setting.
• Unique needs and challenges of gay and lesbian elders
• How to detect and prevent sexual abuse while facilitating healthy sexual activity among consenting adult residents

• NAB: This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and approved for 2 clock hours.
• California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS): PCE # 3291
• California RCFE and ARF: Approval pursuant to NAB and BBS approval
• California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (LVN):#V-10621
• Oregon Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators: 2007-040: General 2 Ethics:0
• Michigan Department of Human Services: Approved for Adult Foster Care Administrators pursuant to Rules 400.14203 and 400.15203
• Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Approval #: LTS -A1138 (Resident Care)