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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 09 >> Explains the strategy for getting her mother tested by the DVLA.

Her mother, a strong minded widow, bitterly resisted surrendering her freedom and finally had to be sectioned before being transferred to residential care. She died recently twenty years after the first signs of her dementia, in a nursing home.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 31 >> Has learnt a lot about how to cope through other carers and a helpful CPN.

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 21 >> Describes making a complaint about her husbands care plan. Describes digging her heels in when she felt her husband wasn't getting the care he needed.

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 >> Caring for parents >> Interview 15 >> Suggests regular visits from a CPN would help inform and advise the carer and allow for advance planning.

Her mother had been an independent widowed woman. They had hoped when they were able to move her nearby that this arrangement would be adequate for several years but before long she had to go into residential care.