'Break taboo and make sexuality discussable for people with dementia'

Caregivers need to make the intimate, sexual wishes of people with dementia and their partner more discussable. The taboo on intimacy and sex in people with dementia must be broken, both at home and in nursing homes. Health psychologist Frans Hoogeveen and Sara Vegt, sexologist in elderly care, argue in Nieuwsuur . Hoogeveen notes that case managers, who guide people with dementia at home, often get out of the way.