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{{Construction Site}}'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has been a mystery to many healthcare professionals, especially in the [[United States]], since 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, [[Intactintact]] 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 |archived= |trans-title= |language= |last=Milos |first=Marilyn |init= |author-link=Marilyn Fayre Milos |publisher=NOCIRC |website=www.nocirc.org |date=2004-01 |accessdate=2023-12-12 |format= |quote=}} 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.}} {{ABBR}} [[Category:Education]][[Category:Medical information]] [[Category:USA]]