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This 3-page paper discusses the stereotypes when it comes to sexuality among older people, focusing on Alzheimer's sufferer John O'Connor, husband of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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vision that is had of people age 60 and older is that of rocking chairs, walkers, retirement in Florida and other sunbelt cities and general deterioration.
In 2007, after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor left the Court, the news came out that her husband John OConnor, who had Alzheimers Disease
and was in assisted living care, had fallen in love with another woman (When Alzheimers Patients Fall in Love, 2007). According to Robin Dessel, an expert on dementia at the
Hebrew Home in Riverdale, NY, OConnors situation was not an isolated one; because dementia tends to wipe minds clean of memory, sometimes such affairs occur in assisted living centers (When
Alzheimers Patients Fall in Love, 2007). These arent acts of betrayal or adultery, Dessel insists, but rather, relationships in real time in which both parties are reaching out toward one
another for comfort, happiness and connection (When Alzheimers Patients Fall in Love, 2007). In a situation in which those with Alzheimers patients no longer have regular contact with their spouses
and who require that human contact, such affairs help fill a need for these patients, and families, for the most part, are supportive, recognizing that the patients happiness comes first
(When Alzheimers Patients Fall in Love, 2007). In a USA Today article that further explored the John OConnor love affair, son
Scott OConnor, interviewed on an Arizona television station, indicated his mother Sandra was happy that her husband was "relaxed and happy and comfortable living here," and that seeing him happy
was "a relief after a painful period" (Biskupic, 2007). OConnor has been widely praised for opening up this aspect of her life, and sharing it with others; as well as
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