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He gave up work to be a full time carer but when she took to her bed for several months it was decided that she needed residential care. As she refused, it was necessary to section her to make the transfer possible.
Carer is a husband in his fifties looking after his wife who was diagnosed with Pick’s disease. They have three children.
His 65 year old mother had lived alone but consented to come and live with him. After a few months he realised he could not care for her adequately while continuing to work and she went into residential care.
Carer is a married doctor looking after his mother with the help of his sister. Their mother is a retired teacher.
She cares for her husband at home. He was terrified when left in respite care so she removed him within hours. He later developed Parkinson's disease. He was admitted to hospital for assessment and subsequently transferred to residential care.
She cares for her husband, who is 18 years her senior. They have no children.
She has been able to cope with caring for her husband at home. He attends a day centre and he has regular respite care. She doesn't feel ready to consider full-time residential care for him but has felt it necessary to look out for homes which might be suitable.
Carer who looks after her partner who has Pick’s disease at home. He was diagnosed in 2000. She is a a former teacher and he was a policeman. Between them...
She cared for her husband 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 he was put on Exelon but taken off when he developed side-effects.
Carer is mother of four who gave up her job as a social worker to look after her husband at home. He was diagnosed in 1997. He was an army...
Her husband developed Pick's disease when he was 57. The patchy nature of his dementia made it difficult to convince people that his problems were real. Delay in getting the diagnosis meant they experienced extreme difficulties in accessing his health insurance.
A former nurse and mother of four who cares for her husband, a doctor, at home. He was diagnosed in 1997. Also providing distance care for her elderly mother with...
She cared for her husband at home for 7 years. When things got really difficult he spent 18 months in residential care, after which she 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.
Carer is wife of a man who first developed Alzheimer’s disease when he was 50. He was diagnosed in 1991 and treated with Exelon. They have two children. She and...
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.
Carer is married with her own family (two children). She shared decision-making for her widowed mother with her brother and sister. Their mother was diagnosed in 1998/1999.
Her mother developed Lewy body dementia while living alone in Paris. After many crises her mother has accepted that she cannot return to her flat and that she will move to England to live with her daughter. Treated with Exelon then Aricept.
Carer is a married daughter who looks after her divorced mother. She is a healthcare assistant with two children. Her mother, a retired dressmaker, was a diagnosed in 2000.
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.
Carer is a married teacher with her own family responsibilities (a daughter and a granddaughter), looking after her widowed mother. She is the youngest daughter of three children. Her mother...
