Dementia, Sex and Wellbeing (eBook)

A Person-Centred Guide for People with Dementia, Their Partners, Caregivers and Professionals

Danuta Lipinska (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
168 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78450-425-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Tackling the 'last taboo' in dementia care, this book demonstrates how professionals can support the sexuality of people with dementia. It includes advice on safeguarding and accessible explanations of how cognitive changes affect sexual behaviour and expression.

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Despite being integral parts of all our identities, sexuality, sex and intimacy are what many would call the Last Taboo in dementia care, usually seen as 'problem behaviours' to be stopped and dealt with. Informed by a combination of accessible neuroscience and person-centred compassion, Danuta Lipinska's new book shows that the human need for intimacy, attachment and sexual expression is as important for supporting the wellbeing and personhood of people with dementia as communication and care. Considering the brain as the body's biggest sex organ, it examines the cognitive changes that occur in dementia and what these changes mean in the context of sexual behaviour and consent. Taking Carl Rogers' Core Conditions and Tom Kitwood's psychological needs of persons living with dementia as a starting point, Lipinska offers a unique model for person-centred conversations about sex and sexuality that we have not seen before.

Autor

Danuta Lipinska has 30 years' experience teaching and consulting internationally on adult sexuality and dementia. Her previous book, Person-Centred Counselling for People with Dementia, was also published by JKP, and has since been translated into German.

Inhalt

Foreword by Caroline Baker. Introduction. 1. Dementia and Wellbeing. 2. In the Beginning....Biology. 3. Responding to the need for sensuality, sexuality and intimacy. 4. Person-centred conversations about sex, dementia and wellbeing. 5. Explorations Through Training. Afterword by Sally Knocker. References.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.11.2017
• Nachwort: Sally Knocker
• Vorwort: Caroline Baker
• Zusatzinfo: N/A
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Adult safeguarding • Alzheimer's disease • Alzheimer's Society • Can People with Dementia Have a Sex Life? • Carl Rogers • Caroline Baker • challenging behaviour • Contraception • Douglas Wornell • Elaine White • impotence • increased sexual interest • intimate relationships • marriage counselling • non-verbal consent • PEARL model • Person-centred Counselling • Rape • reduced sexual interest • Sex • Sexual Health • Sexuality and Dementia • Sexual orientation • Sexual Violence • Tom Kitwood
• ISBN-10: 1-78450-425-4 / 1784504254
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78450-425-0 / 9781784504250