Dementia research increasingly highlights the importance of sex and gender as key biological and social determinants shaping the development and progression ...

Key points Persons with dementia possess the capacity for sexual desire. Recognizing the sexuality of a person with dementia assists in the maintaining of personal identity. Whether a person with ...

Nearly two-thirds of Americans diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease are women, and they often experience faster cognitive decline than men. The reasons behind this sex gap have largely remained a ...

Welcome to Ethics Consult -- an opportunity to discuss, debate (respectfully), and learn together. We select an ethical dilemma from a true, but anonymized, patient care case, and then we provide an ...

For most older adults, the idea of aging in place and staying at home for as long as possible is an attractive one. However, for seniors who’ve been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or another form ...