Background Nurses play a crucial role in enabling older people's autonomy in residential
care. However, there is a lack of synthesised knowledge about how nurses can support …

Assisted living (AL) communities are long-term care settings where people live, work, and
visit, and where social relationships and care, including end-of-life care, are negotiated …

In this article, we explore the role of substitute decision-makers (SDMs) in matters of sexual
expression for continuing care residents with diminished cognitive capacity. We examine …

Informed by theory from environmental gerontology, this study investigates how assisted
living residents who are approaching end of life navigate and experience space. Since its …

Objective: The overall goal of this analysis was to learn about residents' quality of life and
quality of care in assisted living over time and from multiple viewpoints within support …

Background Sexual autonomy empowers women to set boundaries, take control of their
bodies, prevent sexually transmitted diseases and avoid unplanned pregnancy. A woman's …

Background and objectives Intimacy, a social relationship component, continues to be
essential in later life, including for older adults in long-term care such as assisted living. Yet …

Despite continuity in the desire for sex and partnership, many older adults experience a lack
of intimacy in late life. The use of assisted living is a complicating factor for understanding …

Background Sexuality is an integral part of human beings and persons living with dementia
still perceive negative attitudes from caregivers in this regard. Aim This study aimed to …

Sexuality is an integral part of being human throughout life. This does not change when
moving into long-term care (LTC). However, the sexual health of persons living in LTC is …