Assessing sexual consent capacity in cognitively impaired older adults: What place and tools for the psychologist?
Decision-making capacities of older people with cognitive disorders are among the most important societal and ethical issues in the field of aging. The question is particularly thorny when it comes to addressing the issue of sexual consent capacity among these people. Indeed, research shows that ins...
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| Published in | Gériatrie et psychologie neuropsychiatrie du vieillissement |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | French |
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France
21.01.2022
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| Summary: | Decision-making capacities of older people with cognitive disorders are among the most important societal and ethical issues in the field of aging. The question is particularly thorny when it comes to addressing the issue of sexual consent capacity among these people. Indeed, research shows that institutionalized elderly people (with or without dementia) maintains sexual interests and needs similar to those of elderly people living at home. Nevertheless, cognitively or physically vulnerable elderly people also constitute a group at risk of sexual assault and/or victimization, and especially with people with severe dementia. This article examines the place of the psychologist and the approach he can develop to assess the capacity of sexual consent in the elderly subject with cognitive vulnerability. Following the recommendations of the American Bar Association/American Psychological Association for the assessment of capacity in older adults with diminished capacity, we make some propositions to assess psychological and neuropsychological functions implicated in sexual consent. |
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| ISSN: | 2115-7863 |