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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.
-'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' has been a mystery to many health care professionals, especially in the [[United States]], since the great majority of men have been [[circumcised]] for several generations.
-[[Intact]] elderly men may require regular care by health care 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.
+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
+ |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]]
+* [[Jojoba]]
+* [[Preputial sac]]
+* [[Smegma]]
+* [[United States of America]]
+{{LINKS}}
+* {{REFweb
+ |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/hygiene/
+ |archived=
+ |title=Penile hygiene for intact (non-circumcised) males
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=English
+ |last=
+ |first=
+ |author-link=
+ |publisher=Circumcision Reference Library
+ |website=
+ |date=2004-08-08
+ |accessdate=2020-05-28
+ |format=
+ |quote=Excessive washing and the use of soap generally should be avoided15 because it may cause balanoposthitis or yeast overgrowth.
+}}
+* {{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:Penis]]
+[[Category:USA]]