Try: The spouse partner of a person with alzheimer’s disease ad may lose interest in having sex this change can make you feel lonely or frustrated here are some possible reasons for changes in sexual interest the spouse partner may feel that it it’s not okay to have sex with someone who has ad the person with ad seems like a stranger the person with ad seems to forget that the spouse partner is there or how to make love a person with ad may have side effects from medications that affect his or her sexual interest memory loss changes in the brain or depression that affects his or her interest in sex information references "caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging" by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Sexuality Intimacy, Social, Gender, Male, Female, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

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