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Research article summary:
Sexuality in the nursing home, part 2: Managing abnormal behavior-legal and ethical issues.
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Everyone, regardless of age, needs love, touch, companionship, and intimacy. The 1.6 million elderly in the 20,000 U.S. nursing homes are not an exception. The literature indicates that nursing home residents continue to have an interest in sexual ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003 Jul-Aug
in Journal: J Am Med Dir Assoc
(Language : eng)
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1. J Am Med Dir Assoc.
2003 Jul-Aug;4(4):203-6
Sexuality in the nursing home, part 2: Managing abnormal behavior-legal and ethical issues.
Kamel HK, Hajjar RR
Medical College of Wisconsin, and the Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53295, USA. kamel@pol.net
Everyone, regardless of age, needs love, touch, companionship, and intimacy. The 1.6 million elderly in the 20,000 U.S. nursing homes are not an exception. The literature indicates that nursing home residents continue to have an interest in sexual activity regardless of age. Sexuality, however, is frequently overlooked by physicians and staff working with nursing home residents. Many staff members have only a vague understanding of the sexual needs of the elderly. This results in a perception of residents' sexual interests as behavioral problems rather than expressions of need for love and intimacy. Inappropriate sexual behaviors in the nursing home can create an intense burden for nursing home staff. This article discusses ways to dealing with inappropriate sexual behaviors in long-term care settings and the ethical issues involved.
PMID : 12837142 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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Full Author Information
| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Hosam K | Kamel | HK |
| Ramzi R | Hajjar | RR |
Affiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin, and the Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI 53295, USA. kamel@pol.net
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Category links from this article:- Aged
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Ethics, Medical
- Humans
- Mental Disorders - prevention & control, psychology
- Needs Assessment
- Nursing Homes - ethics, legislation & jurisprudence
- Patient Advocacy - ethics, legislation & jurisprudence
- Physician Executives
- Prejudice
- Sexuality - ethics
- United States
- Workload
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