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People with dementia are said to be able to make decisions for themselves regarding sexual consent if they are able to:
(Mark all that are correct)
A person is said to be able to make decisions for themselves if they are able to do all of the following: Understand information that is given to them; Retain that information long enough to be able to make a decision; Weigh up the information available to make a decision; Communicate their decision—by any possible means, such as talking, using sign language, or even simple muscle movements such as blinking an eye or squeezing a hand.
A person consents if she or he agrees by choice and has the freedom and ________________ to make that choice.
By law, both parties must always consent to sexual relations. A person consents if she or he agrees by choice and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice. When someone has dementia, it is sometimes unclear whether they have the “mental capacity” to consent to sexual relations.
Sometimes, when nursing homes are trying to figure out when consent to sex is really valid, they will defer to the wishes of the resident’s __________.
Even with a written policy, it’s not that easy for nursing homes to figure out when consent to sex is really valid, says Evelyn Tenenbaum, a professor of law at Albany Law School and bioethics professor at Albany Medical College. Sometimes in such cases, nursing homes will defer to the wishes of the resident’s family, says Tenenbaum.
True or False:
The ability of a person with dementia to understand the implications of a decision may vary from occasion to occasion.
However, the ability of a person to understand the implications of a decision may vary from occasion to occasion. It is important to consider whether the person with dementia has the ability to recognize who the other person is and, most importantly, whether they have the ability to say no or to express their wishes in other ways.
Brian Gruley talks about two residents being found in bed together twice at Windmill Manor in Ohio. The discovery of this sexual relationship resulted in:
See video: Issue of Sexual Consent between Elderly Adults with Dementia Proves Problematic
What did the Hebrew Home do when it became apparent that residents were going to be intimate whether they wanted them to or not?
See video: Issue of Sexual Consent between Elderly Adults with Dementia Proves Problematic
If the person cannot express their wishes, it is important to learn to recognize nonverbal signs and to ______ at any sign of reluctance.
If the person cannot express their wishes, it is important to learn to recognize nonverbal signs and to stop at any sign of reluctance. At other times, the person with dementia may be insensitive to the needs of the person they want to have sex with and it is the partner who needs to show that they do not consent.
Patricia Bach surveyed members of the American Medical Directors Association and found that “only 25 to __ percent actually had formal training in the area of intimacy and sexuality, as it would pertain to older adults, and __ percent had no training at all.” The survey also found that only about __ percent of nursing homes where the respondents worked had formal policies.
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Bach surveyed members of the American Medical Directors Association and found that “only 25 to 30 percent actually had formal training in the area of intimacy and sexuality, as it would pertain to older adults. Thirty percent had no training at all.” The survey also found that only about 30 percent of nursing homes where the respondents worked had formal policies.
Daniel Reingold warns that intimacy and sexuality training in long-term care facilities needs to increase because:
Only about 30 percent of nursing homes had formal policies, something which needs to change and fast, says Daniel Reingold of RiverSpring Health and the Hebrew Home. REINGOLD: We are dealing with the arrival of my fellow baby boomers who have grown up in an environment where sexuality was a much more open conversation and activity. JAFFE: And there’s no reason to think that will change, he says, even when those boomers are in long-term care.
True or False:
People diagnosed with dementia may not be able to make some financial decisions but still consent to a relationship.
People diagnosed with dementia may not be able to make some financial decisions but still consent to a relationship. The sexual expression of people with dementia in aged care homes is being needlessly denied, say researchers.
