Sexual behaviour of institutionalised residents with dementia - A qualitative study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 991-1001

  Tzeng, Yu Ling ^a,b   Lin, Li Chan ^a   Shyr, Yea Ing Lotus ^c   Wen, Jung Kwang ^d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Daan District Health Center   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Tsyr Huey Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Dementia; Institutionalised residents; Nurses; Nursing; Sexual behaviour; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; TOUCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SPACE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; TOUCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 61849171691     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02708.x     Document Type: Article

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