IntimAge

Health and social care promotion materials that focus on intimacy and sexuality in the third age

The main objective of this project is to enable the active involvement of older people in society and to promote mental and sexual health in the third age and to achieve further openness and sensitivity in social and health care professionals. The project will offer suggestions how they can take a prevention, or health promotion, toward maintaining quality of life for this growing population group, and as a result, help them optimize their sexual quality of life to the fullest extent during the “golden years” of their lives.

The target groups of the project are:

• health and social professionals, such as gerontologists, medical doctors, nurses, social workers, medical and social care professionals
• senior citizens who are interested tto maintain and improve their physical and emotional health

The main products will be, in the languages of the partnership:

• flexible, attractive and sustainable materials directed at senior citizens to raise their awareness and understanding of intimacy and sexuality in their third age, and to enable them to learn more about healthy ageing
• Guidelines for health care professionals to use in assessment and intervention with older persons and sexual issues. They will show exsiting barriers and identify strategies that the healthcare professional can implement to help improving his/her practice in this area. The Guidelines will also contain cultural considerations, including gender sensitivity and migrants‘ backgrounds
• a Toolbox with materials for psycho-social approach to the final beneficiaries, i.e. older people, to cover a vitally important topic that does not lose its power with age.

Project term: 2014 – 2016

Website: www.intimage.eu/the-project.html

Cooperation partners

University College of Health Science Slovenj Gradec (SI)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Psychogerontologie (DE)
Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (IE)
University of Sheffield (UK)
INTEGRA Human Development Institute (SI)
E-C-C Association for Interdisciplinary Consulting and Education (AT)
Università delle LIberEtà (IT)
Greek Academic Network (EL)

Project team

Prof. Frieder R. Lang, Marcel Plechaty M.A.

Contact information

Marcel Plechaty M.A.
Institute of Psychogerontology
Kobergerstr. 62
90408 Nuernberg
Tel.: +49 911 / 5302-96122
E-Mail: marcel.plechaty@fau.de