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When dementia complicates consent and intimacy in long marriages

My wife has dementia and sometimes she does not recognize me but other times she reaches for me in bed like she always has and I do not know what is okay anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Progressive cognitive decline creates ethical confusion about the boundaries of physical connection within established relationships.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The aging body in love?”

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