Before the diagnosis

You may become aware of changes before dementia is diagnosed.  Perhaps your partner has become less interested in sex and you feel hurt or rejected, or perhaps he or she has become more sexually active but less loving and considerate.

With a diagnosis of dementia, you can at least feel assured that it’s not personal and perhaps make allowances for changed behaviour.  It may help to talk to the doctor or other professionals about why the dementia affects your partner's sexual behaviour in a particular way.