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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 18 >> Describes the unexpected advantages from letting her mother be seen as an 'eccentric old lady'.

At 80 her mother was still a vigorous, independent woman. First care home insisted on her being sectioned so she was moved to a locked assessment ward. Appalled by this her daughters found a secure long-term home for her where she spent the last 18 months of her life.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 31 >> He gradually accepted that she would no longer do the things she used to do.

He gave up work to be a full time carer but when she took to her bed for several months it was decided that she needed residential care. As she refused, it was necessary to section her to make the transfer possible.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 31 >> Getting a diagnosis provided an explanation for apparent changes in his wife's personality.

He gave up work to be a full time carer but when she took to her bed for several months it was decided that she needed residential care. As she refused, it was necessary to section her to make the transfer possible.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring with young children >> Interview 39 >> Her husbands eccentric approach to washing was upsetting for all the family.

Dismissed unexpectedly from the Army where he worked on chemical defence. Unable to get a new job. Diagnosis took about 3 years. Wife worked 1 day a week, and cared for him and children. Difficult finding appropriate care. Died while in residential care.