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He was cared for at home for 7 years. When things got really difficult he spent 18 months in residential care after which his wife was able to bring him home again with the additional support of either a live-in carer, or two live-in carers in rotation - working alternate weeks.

Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 13 >> Had to organise emergency care for her mother who lived in Paris.

Her mother developed Lewy Body Dementia while living alone in Paris. After many crises her mother has accepted that she cannot return to her flat and that she move to England to live with her daughter. Treated with Exelon then Aricept.

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