Vejez y sexualidad:: reflexiones para la práctica de terapia ocupacional

Tamara Pedraza

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Aging and sexuality:

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Tamara Pedraza CentroUC Encuestas y Estudios Longitudinales

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2014): Diciembre

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As the population ages, there has been an increasing interest about older adults, it being an important action area for occupational therapists. Even though the facilitation to satisfactory occupations access for each person according to their own motivations and interests, and not for only those who are socially valued, is one of the goals of our profession, sexuality has been poorly explored, and, in reality, sexual necessities have rarely been included, even more so if we are talking about the elderly, for whom the issue is surrounded by prejudices and taboos. In the present text, a reflexión and an analysis about a few social factors which can influence over sexual expression in older adults will be done, and lastly, an approach to necessary attitudes for intervention in this area, and to the action possibilities from within the profession will be elaborated The analysis will be done considering that both sexuality and aging are social constructs, for which gender and rights perspectives must be considered. The conclusion will be that socio-political factors could generate occupational deprivation and that professionals must work over their own prejudices to advance interventions base is the people’s empowerment and the autonomy respect.

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Sexuality, old age, occupational Therapy

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Pedraza, T. (2014). Aging and sexuality:: reflections for the practice of occupational therapy. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 14(2), Pag. 245–255. Retrieved from https://nuevosfoliosbioetica.uchile.cl/index.php/RTO/article/view/35726

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