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Residential care :
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Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 46 >> He can only guess at what she is feeling.

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 15 >> Describes the difficulty of making decisions on behalf of someone with dementia.

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.

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