Improper sexual behaviors in elders with dementia living in residential care

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 370-377

  De Medeiros, Kate ^a,b   Rosenberg, Paul B ^a,b   Baker, Alva S ^a,b   Onyike, Chiadi U ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral psychiatric symptoms of dementia; Clinical epidemiology; Disinhibited behavior; Intimacy seeking behavior; Long term care; Neuropsychiatry; Residential care; Sexual behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINHIBITED BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSEXUAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SENILE DEMENTIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53849135246     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000163219     Document Type: Article

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