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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has been a mystery to many healthcare professionals, especially in the [[United States]], where the great majority of men have been [[circumcised]] for several generations. The percentage of males in the United States being circumcised is constantly declining so one may expect a higher percentage of elderly [[intact]] men in the future geriatric population.

Although the human [[foreskin]] is naturally provided with numerous [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological and protective functions]], normal, [[intact]] elderly men may require regular care by healthcare professionals, if they have become incapacitated by advancing age or because of dementia.  These [[foreskinned]] men may be likely to reside in a home for the elderly. Some care providers have expressed concern that they do not have guidance on the care of [[intact]] elderly men, who still have a [[foreskin]] and a [[preputial sac]], but may no longer be able to care for themselves.

[[Marilyn Fayre Milos]], {{RN}}, the executive director of NOCIRC and a registered nurse, provided a nursing guidance for caretakers of elderly men, which remains the best guidance available on this topic.

* {{REFweb
 |title=Answers To Your Questions About Care of the Intact Penis in the Geriatric / Disabled Population
 |url=https://www.nocirc.org/publish/pamphlet8.html
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 |date=2004-01
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The guidance is also available as a leaflet, which may be printed in landscape mode on both sides of a sheet of paper. The paper is then folded in thirds so that it makes a leaflet.

* {{REFdocument
 |title=Answers to Your Questions about Care of the Intact Penis in the Geriatric/Disabled Population
 |url=https://www.nocirc.org/publish/8pam.pdf
 |contribution=
 |last=Milos
 |first=Marilyn
 |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos
 |publisher=NOCIRC
 |format=PDF
 |date=2007-09
 |accessdate=2023-12-12
}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Care of intact, foreskinned boys]]
* [[United States of America]]
{{LINKS}}
* {{REFweb
 |title=Intact Care of Elderly Men in Nursing Homes
 |url=http://www.drmomma.org/2010/05/intact-care-of-elderly-men-in-nursing.html
 |archived=
 |trans-title=
 |language=
 |last=Damon
 |first=
 |init=KL
 |author-link=
 |publisher=Peaceful Parenting
 |website=www.drmomma.org
 |date=2010
 |accessdate=2023-12-12
 |format=
 |quote=It is true that nursing programs (and medical school programs) in the [[United States]] have a long way to go in teaching proper [[intact]] care and development.
}}

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