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Comments for "Strange Bedfellows: Alzheimer’s in the Bedroom"
it's doubtful you have anything to compare with our situation.
my spouse has dementia, I am impotent due to prostate surgery and viagara is out due to heart disease. consequently, she has felt justified to go to other men who have pursued her, even men who use sex toys and other more bizarre means of sex. In her mental condition she is an easy target. Her psychiatrist and psychologist mainly ask questions and track her but she shows no contrition and says she will continue to do so "as long as she lives."
Nothing shocks me now! My father and mother are 83 and have been married for 60 years. They had a very healthy sex life. My father has alzheimers and has insisted with the help of viagra, that they have sex once a week. The man she has loved all these years turns bitter and angry when she tries to refuse him. Is this the partnership arrangement she promised to uphold when she took her vows? She must maintain her dignity and so should you. This is just the mind fading and physical body attempting to fight for survival. It is very sad. Just remember it is not you that has caused this disorder. Take care.