The nurse manager overhears health care providers make inaccurate comments about the sexuality of older patients. Which comment should the nurse correct or follow up with teaching?
A) "Overall, sex takes longer for older men than younger men.".
B) "Older people are less sexually responsive than young people.".
C) "Both men and women have orgasms less often than younger people do.".
D) "Sexual intercourse is usually not physically possible for older women because vaginal lubricant production ceases with menopause.".
D
Feedback:
Though decreased lubrication can result in dyspareunia for older women, lubricant production does not completely cease at menopause and it would be inaccurate to generalize that sex is usually not possible physically. Sex does take longer for older men than younger men. Older people are less sexually responsible than younger people. There is a reduction in orgasm in older people.
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