title: Practice question.
abstract: Dawne Garrett is consultant nurse intermediate care at Bournemouth and Poole Community Health Services In 2008 a letter was sent to 826 residential homes in one state in Australia asking them what information was available that addressed issues of intimacy and sexuality. Less that 20 per cent responded and of those 64 per cent said they had no information available on the topic ( Bauer et al 2008 ).