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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 46 >> Describes how the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease was made.

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 >> Women caring for partners >> Interview 22 >> Describes her difficulty persuading her husband to see his doctor.

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.

• 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 >> 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 54 >> Concern for mother's wish to drive while admitting the risk of her causing an accident.

Cared for in her own home, initially supported by cleaner who had been with her for 20 years. Since the cleaner retired they have installed a live in carer. Arrangements for transfer to residential care in the near future are being considered.

• 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.