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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 09 >> The friend her mother consulted about her memory refused to discuss his findings with the daughter.

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 >> Caring for parents >> Interview 09 >> Believes the medical profession has some obligation towards those they cared for but in reality sees little of this.

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 >> Caring for parents >> Interview 15 >> Families should be allowed to discuss their concerns about a relative who may be developing Alzheimer's disease with that person's GP.

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.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 31 >> Describes why he feels it was inappropriate to refuse to include him in the investigation of his wife's problems.

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.