Sexual feelings and needs last a lifetime

AUDIO: The number one thing to remember is that a healthy approach to sexuality can endure until very late in life, Professor Elizabeth Beattie has told the NEWSROOM

Sexual feelings and needs last a lifetime
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AUDIO: The number one thing to remember is that a healthy approach to sexuality can endure till very late in life, Professor Elizabeth Beattie has told the NEWSROOM at the Aged & Community Services Australia National Conference in Adelaide.

Elizabeth Beattie
Elizabeth Beattie, Professor of aged and dementia care in the School of Nursing at the Queensland University of Technology

Aged care providers need to be talking about sex because Baby Boomers will demand the right to continue making the same choices while in care as they have done in their everyday lives, she said.

Prof Beattie discusses the common myths and issues surrounding sexuality and ageing with the NEWSROOM:

Here she compares Australia with other parts of the world in respect to sexuality and ageing:

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