Caring for Older Adults in our Society

As the population ages, the proportion of nurses taking care of the elderly increases, as the number of elderly people increases and demographics change (Wells, Y., Foreman, P., Gething, L. , & Petralia, W., 2004). By giving the client authority, nurses can help elderly to achieve health in their situations and can help (Touhy et al. (2012). The increase in population and deterioration of health Therefore, elderly care is important).

Many people will agree with Henneberger. In our society, intimate relationships, sexual needs, or elderly desires are rarely discussed. It is rare for healthcare providers to discuss intimate relationships and sexual problems with older children and adult children. There is a good reason for this topic to be controversial or misunderstood in our society. In this article we will describe some of these issues to provide basic information that affects gay and gay elderly problems. Start with technical terms to make sure we are all on the same page and then present stereotypes related to aging of our society and adult sexuality. Once this foundation is proposed, we will introduce some psychosocial factors, care strategies, and resources to healthcare providers and the elderly.

In our society, negative stereotypes about the elderly still exist. General misunderstanding still exists, such as the elderly being alone, being bored, or being dissatisfied with their lives. In addition, it is believed that all elderly people are the same (homogeneous) and experience the same negative health condition and psychosocial experience as a group. Society thinks this is really bad, but the real irony is that the elderly believe it! Among the challenging social driving force, there are various historical reasons for the injection of this negative belief and the resultant omission or passivity. For example, one of the first "proven" theories of functional aging is called "liberation theory" by Cumming and Henry (1961). According to the theory of separation, from the middle age individuals want to accept and reduce the interaction of the elderly.

Our society believes that elderly people are not interested in gender, that romance and physical appeal diminish, and that physiological changes due to age make it impossible meaningful sexual relations There is no doubt. The socially focused illness / retreat and withdrawal patterns of the elderly constitute a contradiction, that is, the elderly are shameless or asexual, or at the other extreme are considered "dirty old people" As the male word Casanovas prove. People with multiple sexual partners in the apartment community