Vivência da sexualidade na terceira idade

Abstract

Aging can be understood as a natural process of progressive decrease in the funcional reserve of individuals, but which in specific situation can cause a pathological condition that requires assistance. Significant changes occur, mainly in the body, such as physical changes, changes in the skeleton, problemn with circulation, the deceleration of metabolism and nerve impulses that alter your senses. In the area of sexuality, there are many myths and taboos, however, it should be treated normally, emphasizing that the elderly person has their desires an desires that must be explored. The objective was to reveal the experience of sexuality in the elderly. This is an integrative review developed in the extension profect “SASEXSaúde e Sexualidade” (SIEx: 2005202113165712668), from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), carried out in the first half of 2021, comprising a search in 13 journals with publications between 2018 and 2019. The search totaled 3,320 articles, of which only 07 were selected for this study, as it contemplated the proposed objetives. In the results found that the desing on the selected studies were: an evaluative research, three qualitative studies, two transversal and an action research. The review showed that the elderly have little knowledge on the subject, sexuality in the elderly is closely linked to prejudice, penetrative sexual practices and what sex is for younger people. The exercise of sexuality is restricted to the elderly in the field of affection, affection and attention to the loved one. It is concluded that the elderly need quality of life and that sexuality is present in all age groups, and the experience for each phase is experienced in a unique way and that health professionals have a fundamental role within the aging process in order to minimize the impacts generated by hormones and senescence.