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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 08 >> Insisted that his wife was given a prescription for Aricept.

He felt he had to fight to get the care she needed when she needed it. Indignant that medication was refused on grounds of cost but did persuade GP to give Aricept though he admits it didn't do her any good. Life is very lonely since she died.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 08 >> Advises others to get information as soon as possible after the diagnosis.

He felt he had to fight to get the care she needed when she needed it. Indignant that medication was refused on grounds of cost but did persuade GP to give Aricept though he admits it didn't do her any good. Life is very lonely since she died.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring with young children >> Interview 21 >> Describes the damaging effect on their relationship when she seemed to be responsible for stopping her husband from driving.

Her husband developed Picks' disease when he was 57. The patchy nature of his dementia made it difficult to convince people that his problems were real. Delay in getting the diagnosis meant they experienced extreme difficulties in accessing his health insurance.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Women caring for partners >> Interview 22 >> Carer felt that the chance that a drug might help was sufficient to justify its use and that it was wrong to have to pay for this.

Was cared for at home until very recently when he was admitted to residential care. Before this he attended a day centre with residential respite every 6 weeks. Later was on Exelon but taken off when he developed side-effects.