article_snippet.sent: The case highlighted issues around consent when one person in a couple is diagnosed with dementia.
article_snippet.sent: The case had widespread implications for the issue of consent between couples where one becomes ill in old age.
article_snippet.sent: Elizabeth Barnhill, executive director of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said The case was a reminder of the need to be clear about consent in care homes.
article_snippet.sent: Elizabeth Barnhill, executive director of the Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault told the Des Moines Register: 'One thing The case makes clear is that care facilities, healthcare providers, families and patients need to have clear policies and guidelines to protect vulnerable patients and provide patients sexual ... autonomy when appropriate. '
article_snippet.sent: I have a great deal of empathy for both families in this situation, and feel all would have been better served had such policies been in place.'