Dementia Sex and Wellbeing

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

Tackling the 'last taboo' in dementia care, this book explores how intimacy and attachment are integral to the wellbeing and identity of all humans, including those with dementia. Lipinska uses accessible neuroscience and person-centred compassion to demonstrate how the sexuality of people with dementia can be better understood and supported by those experiencing dementia as well as their loved ones and professional carers.

Considering the brain as the body's biggest sex organ, Lipinska explains how cognitive changes in dementia can affect 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.