New relationships and intimacy in long-term care: The views of relatives of residents with dementia and care home staff

Dementia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 405-422

  Wiskerke, Esther ^a   Manthorpe, Jill ^b  

^a Ladywell House   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care homes; decision making; dementia; families; intimacy; residents; sexual activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85009975063     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301216647814     Document Type: Article

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