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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 04 >> Describes how her mother got lost on the way back from Australia.

Distance care difficult as mother refused to accept help. Difficulty communicating with social services. Had to apply for a Court of Protection order to control her finances. Problems finding a suitable nursing home. She twice escaped.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Women caring for partners >> Interview 25 >> Had trouble getting information and found that professionals, who were presumably familiar with the system, did not explain enough.

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.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 46 >> Says that the different responsibilities of professionals are poorly explained and that services can be inefficient.

When brain scan was found to be normal was admitted for a week's assessment. Diagnosed as having Pick's disease (fronto-temporal dementia) Cared for at home, with day care and regular residential respite, finally in residential care.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 18 >> Their mother got lost on the way back from Australia.

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 >> Women caring for partners >> Interview 25 >> Dates the onset of serious deterioration to the anxiety caused by going abroad on holiday.

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.