Intimacy and Sexuality During Illness and Loss
$35.95
Holistic treatment of individuals who are terminally ill or bereaved should include the needs of the whole person. Yet the most basic of human desires, those that include intimate and sexual relationships, are frequently avoided, dismissed, or unaddressed by healthcare, social service, clergy and bereavement professionals. Patients, family caregivers, and clients can be inhibited by the deeply personal nature of intimacy and sexuality and often do not raise concerns with professionals. In this Living with Grief® program, Hospice Foundation of America identifies barriers to intimacy and sexuality for terminally ill persons and the bereaved. The program emphasizes the knowledge and skills that professionals must have to sensitively address intimacy and sexuality and suggest interventions that can help dying and bereaved persons address these elemental human needs.
Program Viewing
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Continuing Education
An exam is required to obtain CE hours for this course. If you do not need CE certification, or if you would like a certificate of attendance only, please click here.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Define and contrast intimacy and sexuality and describe how these needs may affect the care and well-being of dying and bereaved individuals.
- Describe barriers to meeting the needs of intimacy and the sexual desires of individuals who are coping with life-threatening illness.
- Discuss sensitivities, skills and knowledge that end-of-life professionals should possess to use appropriate interventions that address the intimacy and sexual needs of dying persons.
- Describe the intimacy and sexual needs of individuals who are bereaved and identify barriers that inhibit opportunities to address such needs.
- Discuss sensitivities, skills, and knowledge that end-of-life professionals should employ when addressing issues of intimacy and sexuality with bereaved individuals.
- Identify the ethical issues, including boundaries, that healthcare professionals should be aware of when helping clients and patients meet intimate and sexual needs.
- Discuss how barriers to intimacy can be overcome in the midst of a public health crisis that restricts visits and contact with family and friends at end of life.
- Identify three ways that grief is impacted by when intimate contact near death or during the dying process is prohibited and when death rituals such as memorials and funerals are delayed; Discuss counseling interventions to support these grievers.
- Discuss how barriers to intimacy can be overcome in the midst of a public health crisis that restricts visits and contact with family and friends at end of life; and
- Identify three ways that grief is impacted by when intimate contact near death or during the dying process is prohibited and when death rituals such as memorials and funerals are delayed; Discuss counseling interventions to support these grievers.
