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<p>Hmm, I wonder how true that is. I have never done a study on it, nor have I read one, but I do know that as a nurse in a cardiology unit, one of the first questions my geriatric patients (male and female) would ask me after a heart attack was “when can I resume sexual relations?” Sometimes an elder has a partner who has low libido or who simply cannot perform. Often this person will become “asexual” simply as a reaction to their situation. If it’s cheat or just live without it, they live without it and come to be okay with it. Perhaps it’s a bit of “use it or lose it.” And others have lost their partners, and with that, the desire to have sex.</p>
<p>Then, there is the other side. A family member is a member of a geriatric “dating club” and let me tell you, those folks have definitely not lost interest in sex. ;)</p>