Aging and Sexual Health
One of the key takeaways for me is the importance of educating clients-especially our older adult clients- on the differences between male and female sexual response. For example, most males often start with desire and then arousal follows. On the flip side, women tend to start the process with arousal and then desire follows. This should be discussed with older adult clients because the man may be waiting for the woman to desire sex before engaging when it may take initiating sex before the woman feels desire. Another takeaway for me is informing older adults that they can still express their sexuality, have sexual encounters, and get an orgasm in other ways besides just penetrative vaginal sex. This type of physical intimacy may become more and more challenging as a client ages in their older adult years, so educating them on other ways to get an orgasm and have physical intimacy is extremely important, especially because staying sexually active has many health benefits for the olde...