"At a time when almost every kind of physical intimacy is discussed with increasing candor, the erotic feelings of empty nesters, retirees and the residents of assisted-living centers remain a taboo subject, except in tiresome jokes about Viagra. But there is nothing unusual or deviant about romance among older people. If we have learned nothing else from the past half-century of personal freedom and experimentation, it is that we are profoundly sexual beings. How we understand ourselves over the course of a lifetime is closely tied to our bodies and how we share our bodies with others, even when we're done reproducing. The details may change with age, but our basic physical and psychological needs do not."
by Mark Lachs, director of geriatrics for the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and a professor of clinical medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College, and author of "Treat Me, Not My Age: A Doctor's Guide to Getting the Best Care as You or a Loved One Gets Older."
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