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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 04 >> Difficulties communicating with care workers. Regional differences in provision of care.

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 >> Caring for parents >> Interview 15 >> Describes her reasons for rejecting the option of having her mother to live with her.

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 >> Caring for parents >> Interview 15 >> Describes how she knew it would not be right for her mother to live with her and her husband.

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 >> Caring for parents >> Interview 11 >> Regrets that she couldn't devote herself more completely to caring for her mother.

She managed for a time to care for her mother in her own home which was nearby but eventually had to agree to her going into a nursing home.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring with young children >> Interview 39 >> Had to choose between caring for her husband and caring for their children.

Dismissed unexpectedly from the Army where he worked on chemical defence. Unable to get a new job. Diagnosis took about 3 years. Wife worked 1 day a week, and cared for him and children. Difficult finding appropriate care. Died while in residential care.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 11 >> Describes how she had to juggle her various responsibilities including caring for her mother.

She managed for a time to care for her mother in her own home which was nearby but eventually had to agree to her going into a nursing home.