Love, Intimacy and Sexuality in Residential Dementia Care: A Spousal Perspective
| Autor: | Tineke S. M. Roelofs, Katrien Luijkx, Petri J. C. M. Embregts |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ouderen, Tranzo, Scientific center for care and wellbeing |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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030506 rehabilitation Sociology and Political Science Sexual Behavior media_common.quotation_subject Human sexuality intimacy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine PEOPLE Residential care Adaptation Psychological medicine Homes for the Aged Humans Dementia Qualitative Research Aged media_common Communication spouses Perspective (graphical) General Social Sciences General Medicine residential care facility medicine.disease Love humanities sexuality Friendship Female HEALTH 0305 other medical science Psychology Social psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery dementia |
| Zdroj: | Dementia. The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 18(3). Sage Publications Ltd |
| ISSN: | 1741-2684 1471-3012 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1471301217697467 |
| Popis: | The experiences and needs of spouses of residential care facility residents with dementia, regarding friendship, love, intimacy, and sexuality were explored. Understanding of how spouses make sense of their experiences was pursued. Semi-structured interviews were held with nine spouses of people with dementia, living in high intensive 24-hour care units within residential care facilities. The results show that friendship, love, intimacy, and sexuality were still embedded in the couples' marital lives, but all in their own way. Changing roles and a shift in purpose of the relationship recurred. Although intimacy was found to be still important in the lives of spouses, emotional, and practical residential care facility barriers were experienced by the spouses, of which the absence of communication were most important. Our findings on the experiences of spouses with regard to intimacy and sexuality can help residential care facility staff and policymakers to recognize the needs of couples and take these into account. |
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