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Failure to recognise people

During the disease, a person with dementia may eventually lose the ability to recognise things, places or people. This can be because of memory loss, confusion or poor eyesight, but it could also be due to “agnosia”. Agnosia is when the brain no longer is able to remember things or

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Expimarea intimității și sexualității

Toată lumea are nevoie de companie și de intimitate fizică, iar persoana cu demență poate face avansuri sexuale verbale sau fizice (într-un anumit grad). Motivul comportamentului nu este întotdeauna legat de sex, ci poate fi din cauza confuziei. Unele comportamente sexuale ar putea fi datorate faptului că persoana și-a pierdut

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Intimitäts- und Sexualitätsäußerungen

Jeder Mensch hat ein Bedürfnis nach Gemeinschaft und körperlicher Intimität. Personen mit Demenz können manchmal verbale und/oder physische sexuelle Annäherungsversuche in unterschiedichen Ausprägungen zeigen. Der Grund für das Verhalten ist nicht immer sexuell motiviert, sondern könnte in der Verwirrung liegen oder daran, dass die Person Hemmungen verloren hat. Es

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Manifestazioni intime o sessualizzate

Tutti hanno bisogno di compagnia e intimità fisica, e le persone con demenza possono esprimere advances sessuali verbali o/e fisiche ad un certo punto della malattia. La ragione che sta dietro a questo comportamento non è sempre sessuale, ma potrebbe derivare dallo stato di confusione. Alcuni comportamenti sessuali potrebbero

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Expressions of intimacy and sexuality

Everyone has a need for companionship and physical intimacy, and persons with dementia may display verbal or/and physical sexual advances to some degree. The reason behind the behaviour is not always sexually related, but could be because of confusion. Some sexual behaviour could be because the person has lost

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Beschamend en vreemd gedrag

Naarmate dementie voortschrijdt, kan het deel van de hersenen dat remmingen regelt, beschadigd raken. Dit kan leiden tot gedrag dat ongepast, vreemd of beschamend aanvoelt. Soms is het gedrag een poging om iets over te brengen of een teken dat de persoon in de war of gedesoriënteerd is. Meestal is

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The DemiCare project has been funded by the Active and Assisted Living programme. AAL is a European programme funding innovation that keeps people connected, healthy, active and happy into their old age.

AAL supports the development of products and services that make a real difference to people’s lives - for those facing some of the challenges of ageing and for those who care for older people if they need help.

The project has an overall budget of 2.029.091,76 €, to which the AAL will contribute with 1.477.535,07 €