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Women caring for partners
Interview 25  

Interview 25

Age at Interview: 60
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 72
Background: Carer of considerably older husband (+18 years). They have no children.
Brief outline:Cared for by his wife at home. Was terrified when left in respite care so wife removed him within hours. Developed Parkinsons disease. Was admitted to hospital for assessment and subsequently transferred to residential care.


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Dates the onset of serious deterioration to the anxiety caused by going abroad on holiday.

 



We did go on holiday which was an absolute disaster. We'd, as I said we have an interest in classical music, particularly Haydn, and we went to Austria to Eisenstadt for the festival about four years ago I suppose. And he'd really been looking forward to going as much as he could look forward to anything, he was really looking forward to it. But when we got to Heathrow he was desperately confused by the airport. And when we got on the plane I could see that he'd actually dropped several levels and didn't know where he was going.

Anyway we went and we went to the concerts and they were too loud and there were too many people and he was absolutely terrified. We were stuck there for a week but we managed to sort of walk out into the, countryside and just have quiet times, and he was OK. And I changed, our tickets and came back to Gatwick as soon as I could, rather than have another go at Heathrow.

And that I think knocked him back far more than any of us had ever considered, and from then on he did go downhill very, very quickly.
Jonathan Miller - Dementia
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