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Hypersexuality in dementia
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Sexually disinhibited behaviours are quite common (prevalence 2–17%) in people with dementia, occurring with about equal frequency in men and women. Assessment of the behaviours, the contexts in whi READ MORE
http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/11/6/424.full

Sex and Alzheimer's: Love Stories, Sad Stories, and Lots of Questions
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Sexual urges don't stop just because Alzheimer's or another dementing illness invades the brain. Sometimes this is a blessing; some long-married couples say that the mind and body long remember the be READ MORE
http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/sex-and-alzheimers

Alzheimer's and Senior Sexuality
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A recent New England Journal of Medicine article, the result of a federally funded study done by respected scientists, found that many seniors were having sex into their 70s and 80s and were not shy a READ MORE
http://familycaregivers.polkvoice.com/default.asp...

Intimacy, Marriage and Alzheimer's Disease
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Talking about intimacy and sexuality is never easy, from the time we are youngsters until we are very old and wise. For some, sex is enjoyable, for others it is embarrassing and for others still it is READ MORE
http://www.healingwell.com/library/alzheimers/oboyle2.asp

Sex and Dementia: Shrouded by Taboo
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A man with Alzheimer's and his wife of many years finish lovemaking when he rolls over and tells her, "You'd better hurry up and get your things because my wife will be home soon." Sounds like a jo READ MORE
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/09/02/sex-and-dementia-shroude...

Intimacy, sexuality, and early-stage dementia: The changing marital relationship
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When one's marital partner receives a diagnosis of dementia, it has major ramifications for a couple. Such a diagnosis affects every aspect of marital life, including the most intimate areas. This qua READ MORE
http://www.nursingcenter.com/Library/journalarticleprint.asp...

Sex and dementia
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Dementia causes many changes in people's lives as time passes. One area in which there are often changes, but which is seldom discussed, is that of intimate relationships. This factsheet explains how READ MORE
http://alzheimers.org.uk/factsheet/514
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