Aging and Sexuality: For LTC Healthcare Professionals
Hours: 1.50
Sexual health is a vital component of life and general well-being for older adults of all abilities. Sexuality develops in a person over the course of their lifetime. The presence of a disease process does not necessarily equate to the end of one’s sexuality. Healthcare professionals may fail to recognize the sexual lives of the older adults in their care. They should strive to promote the older adult’s comfort and trust to candidly discuss their sexuality. In this course, you will learn about sexuality and the older adult to include sexual health, intimacy, and the normal age-related changes to sexual function and desire. You will explore trends in attitudes toward sexuality in the older adult and the ethical/legal issues that healthcare professionals must consider. You will take away up-to-date recommendations on how best to manage sexual intimacy and the older adult in the long-term care setting.
Sexual health is a vital component of life and general well-being for older adults of all abilities. Sexuality develops in a person over the course of their lifetime. The presence of a disease process does not necessarily equate to the end of one’s sexuality. Healthcare professionals may fail to recognize the sexual lives of the older adults in their care. They should strive to promote the older adult’s comfort and trust to candidly discuss their sexuality. In this course, you will learn about sexuality and the older adult to include sexual health, intimacy, and the normal age-related changes to sexual function and desire. You will explore trends in attitudes toward sexuality in the older adult and the ethical/legal issues that healthcare professionals must consider. You will take away up-to-date recommendations on how best to manage sexual intimacy and the older adult in the long-term care setting.
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours.
Ohio Social Worker Board
Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board Provider #RSX091903 (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours.
Association of Social Work Boards
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Relias LLC is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Relias LLC maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 General continuing education credits.
Course Delivery Format: Asynchronous Distance Learning-interaction includes quizzes with questions and answers, post-tests. This module is Reading-Based Online.
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, Division of Professional Licensing Services, Social Work Unit
Relias, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0009.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of licensed master social work and licensed clinical social work in New York. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice for an LMSW and LCSW. A licensee who practices beyond the authorized scope of practice could be charged with unprofessional conduct under the Education Law and Regents Rules.
As a provider of online, asynchronous education, some courses offered by Relias Learning are considered “self-study” under section 74.10(c)(2)(ii)(b)(4) of the Commissioner’s Regulations. The regulations limit self-study activities taken from a provider approved by the Education Department to no more than 12 hours in the 36-month registration period or one-third of the hours in a registration period other than 36 months.
Social workers will receive 1.50 continuing education hours for participating in this course. This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours.
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners
South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners (CEBroker Provider 50-290)
West Virginia Board of Social Work
West Virginia Board of Social Work (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Florida Board of Nursing
Florida Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
American Nurses Credentialing Center
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nurses will receive 1.50 Nursing Contact Hours after successfully completing this course.
Georgia Board of Nursing
Georgia Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
South Carolina Board of Nursing
South Carolina Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
New Mexico Board of Nursing
New Mexico Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Arkansas State Board of Nursing
Arkansas State Board Of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Kentucky Board of Nursing
Kentucky Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Mississippi Board of Nursing
Mississippi Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
North Dakota Board of Nursing
North Dakota Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Nurses will receive 1.50 contact hours for participating in this course.
Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours.
Georgia Nursing Home Administrators Board
Georgia Nursing Home Administrators Board (CEBroker Provider # 50-290)
This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours.
National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards
This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 1.5000 clock hours. If you have any feedback regarding the NAB approved continuing education programs, send your email to the following address: [email protected]
South Carolina Board of Long Term Health Care Administration
South Carolina Board of Long-Term Health Care Administration (CEBroker Provider #50-290)
Michigan Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Oregon Department of Human Services
This course is approved as continuing education by the Oregon Department of Human Services in accordance with state regulation 411-057-0140 for Assisted Living Administrators, Residential Care facility Administrators and Memory Care Communities within the State of Oregon. This activity is approved by Oregon Department of Human Services for 1.50 contact hours.
Tennessee Department of Health
Learning activity approved by the Tennessee Department of Health, Bureau of Health Licensure and Regulation as continuing education for Residential Homes for the Aged and Assisted Care Living Facility administrators. This activity is approved for 1.5000 contact hours.
California Nursing Home Administrator Program - non-P type
This educational offering is approved by the California Nursing Home Administrator Program (NHAP) for full credit as a course relating directly to duties, functions, or responsibilities of the nursing home administrator. Provider # CEP 1701; Course Approval # 1701002-9011. This activity is approved for 2.0000 contact hours.
Pennsylvania Personal Care Home Administrators
This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Facility Services
This course is approved by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Facility Services - Group Care Licensure Section (NC-DHHS)
Program Sponsor ID #032316
This activity is approved for 1.5000 contact hours.
Differentiate between normal age-related sexual changes and changes caused by disease and disability.
Identify the necessary steps to take in recognizing and addressing the sexual needs of people who live in long-term care settings.
Recognize stereotypical age-biased views of sexuality among older adults.
Apply the ethical concepts of autonomy and dignity to sexual issues in long-term care settings.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Sexuality in Older Adults
Sexual Health and Intimacy
Normal, Age-Related Sexual Changes
Disability and Physical Illness
STIs and the Older Adult
Review
Summary
Section 3: Attitudes Toward Sexuality in Older Persons
Assumptions and Misconceptions
Behavior, Gender, and Relationship Status Trends
Review
Summary
Section 4: Ethical and Legal Issues in Long-Term Care Facilities
Autonomy, Privacy and Family Concerns
When the Family Seeks a Competency Assessment
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Long-Term Care
Cultural Differences in Sexual Attitudes and Behavior
Dementia and Sexuality
Review
Summary
Section 5: Recommendations for Long-Term Care Professionals
Focus on Risk Management
Take Action
Consenting to an Intimate Relationship: Interventions for Risk Management
Developing a Policy on Sexual Expression
Provide Staff Development Activities
Managing the Expression of Sexuality
Review
Summary
Section 6: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Exam and BrainSparks
Ed has 30 plus years of nursing experience with clinical roles in trauma, emergency, critical care, skilled nursing, behavioral health, occupational health, home care, and is a certified clinical nursing instructor in North Carolina. Ed served as Director of Nursing for rural emergency services and physician practices. Ed earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Ed retired from the U.S. Coast Guard with 34 years served. Disclosure: Edward Bartels, RN, BSN, MICN has no Relevant Financial or Non-Financial Relationship with ineligible companies to disclose.
The target audience for this course is: Administrators; Beginner level Social Workers; Nurses; in the following settings: Post-Acute Care.
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
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