title: [Approach of the sexuality of Alzheimer's disease patients according to caregivers' guides approach].
abstract: If sexual behavior disorders are not a major symptom of Alzheimer's disease, they might be a source for suffering and hardship to the patient's entourage, especially since it is usually not easy to address sexuality. Guides for relatives have been devoted to improve their knowledge about the disease and to help providing best care for the patient. Thirty of the forty-six guides make references to sexual behavior disorders in Alzheimer's disease patients, sometimes in a few lines, sometimes in a few paragraphs illustrated by clinical vignettes. All these guides report two types of sexual disorders, loss of interest and decreased sexual activity, or inappropriate sexual behavior, and give advices to help relatives, spouses and children, managing the patient's sexual disorders without blaming the patients.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Interpsy, EA 4432, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ostrowski
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Interpsy, EA 4432, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mietkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality
keywords: Alzheimer disease; caregivers; guides; sexuality