The majority of adults between 65 and 80 are interested in sex.
Are you prepared to have this conversation?
Get instant access to this 3-hour CE course where you'll discover...
- How caregiving dynamics influence older adults' sexual expression and how to guide families in navigating competing values.
- How life altering medical conditions impact intimacy among older adults
- Why sexually transmitted inflections among older adults are on the rise and how you can help
- The unique experiences, needs, and resilience factors of LGTBQ older adults
- Guidance for professionals on having conversations about sex with older clients
STDs have doubled among adults 65 and older in the last 10 years
>> The culture of silence around sexual health and aging is contributing to the rise of STDs among older adults
>> Most professionals DO NOT receive any training in sexual health and aging, even though most older adults continue to value sexual health as they age
>> Becoming aware of your own values and blindspots and how they may influence the sexual health of older adults is critical in providing ethical care
>> Older adults deserve to have all aspects of their lives and identity honored, including their sexuality
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Sexual Health & Aging
Navigating Sexuality Later in Life
3 CE Credits
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Course Description: People all throughout their lives enjoy sex and intimacy. It’s time we shift the narrative about aging and sexuality toward a more accurate and holistic view. There are many benefits to sexual relationships over 65, including physical, cognitive, relational, psychological, and spiritual. In this lively workshop, you’ll discover the rates of sexual activity among adults 65 and older and current statistics regarding sexually transmitted inflections among older adults. You’ll examine attitudes about later life sexuality among older adults, health care professionals, and even yourself. You’ll learn about the experiences, needs, and resilience factors of LGTBQ older adults. Finally you’ll learn evidence-based strategies for conducting a sexual health assessment with older adults and recommendations to share with older adults to enhance sexual health while aging.
Learning Objectives: After attending this beginning-level program in full, participants will be able to:
- Describe rates of sexual activity among adults 65 and older
- List current statistics regarding sexually transmitted inflections among older adults
- Examine attitudes about sexuality and aging among older adults, health care professionals, and others
- Illustrate the experiences, needs, and resilience factors of LGTBQ older adults
Target Audience: This seminar is open to all Psychologists, Social Workers, Therapists, Counselors, Geriatric Care Managers and other interested mental health and senior care professionals.
Recorded 5/5/23
What Makes Us Different Than Other Continuing Education Companies?
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We are a mission-driven continuing education company that focuses solely on meeting the mental health needs of older adults.
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We include diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of our continuing education programs and strive to ensure that people historically left out of mental health care are included, not as an afterthought, but in everything we do.
- We provide topics that focus on the full aging experience, not just one corner of mental health care. For example, we teach about topics like sexuality and aging and sexual consent in the context of dementia.
- Our presenters are at the top of their field and have proven expertise in the courses they teach. You'll have confidence knowing you're getting the very best training.
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We're a small, independent, woman-owned company. As licensed, board-certified clinical psychologist who works every day in clinical practice, founder, Dr. Regina Koepp understands what clinicians need.
How It Works
Participants will have their participation registered through Center for Mental Health & Aging. This program is available for three (3) continuing education (CE) credits after the following steps have been successfully completed:
Step 1: Watch 100% of the course videos. Attendance is tracked via the online platform.
Step 2: Successfully pass quiz (you get 3 attempts to pass; 80% is passing)
Step 3: Complete the Course Program Evaluation & Attestation
Step 4: Download Your Certificate
Certificates of completion will be emailed immediately following submission of electronic survey and also available for download in the course platform. It's that simple!
Continuing Education Approvals
Social Workers
Center for Mental Health & Aging, #1801, 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 as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Center for Mental Health & Aging maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/25/2023 – 03/25/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.
Psychologists
Center for Mental Health & Aging is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Center for Mental Health & Aging maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Counselors
Center for Mental Health and Aging (CMHA) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7230. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Center for Mental Health and Aging (CMHA) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Care Managers
CMHA is approved by the National Academy of Certified Care Managers (NACCM) as a continuing education provider, #21-905CMHA. This activity approved for 3 CMC contact hours
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs)
Center for Mental Health & Aging is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. In many state licensing jurisdictions, APA approved continuing education programs qualify for LMFT CE credits. See what your state requires here.