Douglas Wornell

Sexuality and Dementia (eBook, ePUB)

Compassionate and Practical Strategies for Dealing with Unexpected or Inappropriate Behaviors

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The First Comprehensive Guide for Dealing with Dementia's Effect on Sex, Intimacy, and Relationships

It is common for a person with dementia to exhibit inappropriate and uncharacteristic sexual behavior, including promiscuity, verbal abuse, aggression, grabbing, exhibitionism, and jealous paranoia. This behavior puts a strain on spouses and partners, as well as other loved ones and caregivers. Now, for the first time, esteemed geriatric neuropsychiatrist, Douglas Wornell, MD, provides essential information and practical solutions to cope with these troubling and often embarrassing actions by providing:

• information on the contributing role of medication (and overmedication), both prescribed and over-the-counter
• ways to handle inappropriate behaviors that respect the person with dementia, their loved ones, and their caregivers
• recommendations to minimize the legal risk and potential for injury in long-term care facilities
• personal stories of the many ways couples have chosen to deal with the changes to their sexual dynamic and relationship

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617051906
• Artikelnr.: 40125422

Autorenporträt

Doug Wornell, MD, is a geriatric neuropsychiatrist who has participated in the treatment of over 20,000 dementia patients in the past ten years. He is the Medical Director of the Behavioral Wellness Center at Auburn Regional Medical Center and the Director of Wornell Psychiatry and Associates, a geriatric and neuropsychiatric consultative service through which he provides advice to 23 long-term care facilities.

Inhaltsangabe

"Part One: A Different View of Sexual Behavior
Chapter One: An Unexpected Symptom, A Very Common Occurrence
Chapter Two: Relationships Revisited
Chapter Three: The Neurobiology of Sex and Dementia
Chapter Four: Unexpected Bonds
Chapter Five: Sexuality in Long-Term Care
Part Two: Understanding What You Are Facing
Chapter Six: Age-Related Dementia
Chapter Seven: Other Dementias
Chapter Eight: Sexual Effects of Delirium, Drugs, and Other Substances
Chapter Nine: Treating the Symptoms
Chapter Ten: Where We Go From Here
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