Sexual health is an important part of a healthy sex life. If you or your partner has dementia, you still need to consider the benefits and risks to keep you both healthy.
 

When a person is living with dementia, their sexual behaviour, needs and desires may change. As their partner, yours may too. Your sex life may have changed,  and you might need advice on how to cope with this, as well as how to feel better. Talking about sex and intimacy can help. 

Dementia can affect how much and when someone eats, as well as what food they prefer. Their experience of flavour may change. They might enjoy flavours they never liked before, or dislike foods they always liked.

A summary of what people affected by dementia need to know about the Covid vaccines, including consenting to have a vaccine.

The current situation is very different from the early days of the pandemic, when care homes were hit extremely badly by coronavirus and many residents sadly died.