Editorial
Sex and intimacy in later life: From understanding and acceptance to policy
Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol.39(S1), pp.3-5
06/2020
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Abstract
Special editions are usually the result of a journey of sorts, and this special issue of the Australasian Journal on Ageing is no exception. The impetus for it began with a series of professional presentations about sex and ageing that we, the co-editors, have given together over the last few years to academic and health professionals. No matter how often we gave our presentations, there was always the need for more knowledge than we were able to provide within the hour. In an effort to provide a more detailed response, we put together a symposium on sex and ageing at the Australian Association of Gerontology conference in 2018,1 covering a number of the questions we had been asked across a range of research perspectives. This special issue is an extension of that symposium—it aims to provide a background about sex and ageing, not only to fill the gaps in our own personal knowledge, but for the many others we encountered who wanted to know more about this increasingly important topic. It also aims to provide knowledge in response to what appeared to us to be an ongoing failure by health-care professionals, policymakers and even many researchers, to appreciate the importance of this topic for older people themselves.
Details
- Title
- Sex and intimacy in later life: From understanding and acceptance to policy
- Creators
- Rosanne Freak-Poli - Monash UniversitySue Malta - The University of Melbourne
- Publication Details
- Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol.39(S1), pp.3-5
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 2
- Identifiers
- 991013406894302368
- Copyright
- © 2020 AJA Inc. Copyright of individual abstracts remains with the authors.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Editorial