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What barriers to sexual expression are experienced by older people in 24-hour care facilities?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2007

Sally Parker
Affiliation:
The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Extract

Older people in residential or nursing care may have needs comparable with those of a healthy person living in the community, compounded by additional health-care needs. Sexual needs can be ignored or pushed into the background, with barriers created to their expression and satisfaction.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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