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Sexuality in the Elderly: the Perception of the older Users of a Service of Support to the Best Age

EasyChair Preprint 1287

8 pagesDate: July 14, 2019

Abstract

Introduction: Aging is characterized by a set of physiological, psychological and social factors, is a sequence pertinent to the process of life, which varies from person to person. Objective: to analyze the perception that the elderly have about sexuality in the third age. Method: This is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach; developed with 22 elderly participants of the Service of Support to the Best Age (AMI) of the municipality of Floriano-PI. Results: The discourses were categorized and distributed according to the perception of the elderly on the subject. Conclusion: It was understood that sexuality can be synonymous with health in a multidimensional environment, where each individual in his subjectivity builds his own way of experiencing his sexuality. The ability to love and the desire for intimacy remain in all ages.

Keyphrases: Aging, sexuality, third age

BibTeX entry
BibTeX does not have the right entry for preprints. This is a hack for producing the correct reference:
@booklet{EasyChair:1287,
  author    = {Crislaynne Alves Dos Santos and Adenilde Maria Coelho Soares da Silva and Izabella Neiva de Albuquerque Sousa and Katharini Maria Barbosa Teixeira Rocha and Joaline Barroso Portela Leal and Roseane Luz Moura},
  title     = {Sexuality in the Elderly: the Perception of the older Users of a Service of Support to the Best Age},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 1287},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2019}}
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