18th annual University of Maine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium
18th annual University of Maine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The Eighteenth Annual University of Maine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium will be a hybrid event this year (both in-person and Zoom online webinar). It will be held on Wednesday, October 25th on the University of Maine Orono campus, and has the theme of Sexual Health and Aging. The Colloquium will be a part of the Second Annual Maine Research Symposium scheduled for Wednesday-Friday, October 25-27 at the University of Maine. You will be able to register for just the Colloquium or the entire Research Symposium which is entirely an in-person event addressing rural and behavioral health topics and biomedical science and engineering topics.
Points of focus of the Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium include the physiology and psychology of sexual aging; dementia and sexuality; medication effects on libido, orgasm, and arousal; LGBTQ+ relationships in late life; sexuality and sexualized behaviors in long-term care. Authorities will gather before a broad audience of health and human services professionals and older adult health care consumers to consider the personal and clinical impacts and physical, cognitive, psychological, ethical, and social perspectives on sexuality, intimacy, and relationships in late life.