'We need to know what's going on': Views of family members toward the sexual expression of people with dementia in residential aged care

Dementia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 571-585

  Bauer, Michael ^a   Nay, Rhonda ^a   Tarzia, Laura ^a   Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre ^a   Wellman, David ^b   Beattie, Elizabeth ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dementia; family; older people; residential aged care; sexuality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84906346825     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301213479785     Document Type: Article

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