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• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Caring for parents >> Interview 11 >> Thinks home carers are poorly trained in dementia care but suggests being sensitive to a person's needs is more valuable than training.

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 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.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 38 >> His partner's home care workers did their best but were poorly paid and untrained. He cannot understand why the service was privatised.

Cared for at home with help of friends, relatives and neighbours while carer worked part time. Treated with Aricept and Rivastigmine. Admitted for respite care in 2000 and never returned home after that.

• Nerves & brain >> Carers of people with dementia >> Women caring for partners >> Interview 16 >> Suggests that professional carers should learn how to make sense of the behaviour of people with dementia.

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 >> Men caring for partners >> Interview 38 >> Thinks that too much profit is being made by the private agencies, who do not train or pay their staff well.

Cared for at home with help of friends, relatives and neighbours while carer worked part time. Treated with Aricept and Rivastigmine. Admitted for respite care in 2000 and never returned home after that.