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The Gerontologist, Vol 30, Issue 1 117-120, Copyright © 1990 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Assessments of institutionalized dementia patients' competencies to participate in intimate relationships

PA Lichtenberg and DM Strzepek
Western State Hospital, Staunton, VA 24401.

Although sexual interests in institutionalized elderly patients have long been recognized (Comfort, 1974; Wasow & Loeb, 1974), guidelines to help determine patients' competencies to participate in intimate relationships are not delineated in the literature. This paper describes the assessment technique used by an interdisciplinary staff on a coed Alzheimer's disease unit. Two case studies are presented to highlight how the assessment led to the treatment decisions.


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