Older residents' perspectives on aged sexuality in institutionalized elderly care: A systematic literature review

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1891-1905

  Mahieu, Lieslot ^a   Gastmans, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aged; Attitude; Dementia; Residential facilities; Review; Sexual behavior; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84960811664     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.07.007     Document Type: Review

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