Intimacy with Dementia: Is There a Time to Stop Having Sex? The issue of expressed sexuality during dementia remains something of a taboo. Within residential settings the complexity of the topic is often compounded by the attitudes of caregivers or even the design and layout of the building. In this posting I fall back on just a couple of my... Read more
At one time working with older people, especially people with dementia, meant providing limited services that only made brief acknowledgement to anything but physical needs. Patients in institutional settings seemed to just exist in the present. There was little understanding of how knowledge of their biographical histories could enhance... Read more
Over 60 per cent of people with Alzheimer's will, at some time, wander away from their home or place of residence*. Wandering is a common and potentially life threatening aspect of dementia, particularly at times of the year when the weather is bad or if the person lives in an area surrounded by hazards such as fast traffic or open hostile... Read more
Long distance care coordination for relatives and friends of people with Alzheimer's is becoming more common. The main reason is that over the past few decades the traditional role of women in caring for the sick and infirm in their families has changed as households have become reliant on their work income. This, combined with greater... Read more
For many years I worked nights in nursing care homes for people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. I remember one night looking after a frail lady in her eighties who required total nursing care. Sadie, I will call her, was bedridden, communication seemed very limited indeed and she had a very bad chest infection. She... Read more
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