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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Women caring for partners >> Interview 22 >> Describes the problems arising from allowing her husband to manage his own medication.

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 11 >> Says that home carers are a great idea in theory but explains why thet often don't work well for people with dementia.

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.

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Problems with provision

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 15 >> Getting used to the day centre but there were problems when she muddled which days she went.

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.