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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
[Public policies and right to sexuality of the elderly in Chile]
Pedro Enrique Villasana López1, María Mireya Abarca Castillo2, Martín Patricio Vargas Matamala2
1Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile.
Abstract:
People over 65 years of age will constitute the majority of the world's population in the short term, but in precarious living conditions: more years in a worse condition of vulnerability and fragility. Societies and development models would not be prepared, generating high personal, family and collective costs. In Chile, fragility would be highly prevalent in this population, impacting the full development of their lives; with sexuality as one of the aspects that are invisible and little studied. This work makes a critical approach, based on the review and analysis of context, public policies and legislation in force in Chile, evidencing atomization and biomedical orientation of public policies, collaborating in the understanding of the relationship between fragility and sexuality in old people; and revealing pending training and research tasks for the generation of public policies for an active and healthy life.
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