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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 46 >> The number of days of day care gradually increased and it was possible to have respite stays in the same home.

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 >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 33 >> His son had a different approach to his sisters to visiting their mother.

His wife developed multi-infarct dementia. He cared for her at home for about 6 years. When she went into residential care it took a long time for her to settle. She died in the nursing home.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Women caring for partners >> Interview 22 >> His daughter explained to her stepmother why she chose not to visit her father.

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 >> 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.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring with young children >> Interview 39 >> Regrets having had no choice but to let her husband go away for three months to a residential home.

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.