Profiles

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Muskie

Muskie was the primary carer for her mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease. In order to best care for her mother, Muskie invested time and energy into researching things to help her mother and ways to adapt her mother’s home. She…

  • Background

    Muskie cared for her mother, who had Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Age at interview 59
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Mina

    Mina’s mother was diagnosed with dementia after Mina noticed changes in her behaviour and took her mother to the GP. In the years since her mother’s diagnosis, Mina’s mother’s health has gotten worse as she now requires help with her…

  • Background

    Mina’s mother was diagnosed with dementia after Mina noticed changes in her behaviour and took her mother to the GP. In the years since her mother’s diagnosis, Mina’s mother’s health...

  • Age at interview 60
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Marian

    Marian’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in her 90s. She was caring from a distance from her mother who lives 5 hours away. When the Covid-19 pandemic started, Marian chose to live in her mother’s house. Marian has Lasting…

  • Background

    Marian, aged 71, is retired and caring for her mother. She was caring for her mother from a long distance until the Covid-19 pandemic, when she moved in to her...

  • Age at interview 71
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Kevin

    Kevin’s father was diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. He lives around the corner from his father in the same town and obtained Lasting Power of Attorney for property and financial affairs and health and welfare. At the time…

  • Background

    Kevin, aged 64, is retired and caring for his father. He lives in the same town as his father and is the primary carer. Kevin is White British.

  • Age at interview 64
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Keith

    Keith’s father, who was in his early 90s and diagnosed with vascular dementia, was cared for by Keith, his only son. He was the administrator for his father’s finances and made shared decisions about his health. Keith’s father was cared…

  • Background

    Keith, aged 65, is educated to postgraduate level and was not in paid employment at the time of interview. He was the primary carer for his father’s care and lived...

  • Age at interview 65
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Jo

    Jo’s grandmother was diagnosed with dementia after getting an MRI scan in the hospital, where she was admitted for a hip replacement. Unfortunately, Jo’s grandmother died, and Jo and her brother began caring for their mother, who was being admitted…

  • Background

    Jo helped care for her mother and grandmother, who both had dementia.

  • Age at interview 41
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Jenny

    Jenny is a carer for her mother, who has late-onset dementia. Jenny helps her mother with day-to-day appointments and has power of attorney, which she shares with one of her brothers.

  • Background

    Jenny’s mother has late-onset dementia.

  • Age at interview 60
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Helen

    Helen’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s when she was 90. Helen cares for her mother from a distance. Due to Helen living so far away, she arranges for carers and Meals on Wheels to visit her mother. Helen has power…

  • Background

    Helen cares for her mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease. Since Helen does not live close to her mother, she arranges for carers to visit to help her mother live independently.

  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Dave

    Dave began to notice his father’s memory issues after he began to forget to turn up to events. His father was first diagnosed with cognitive impairment, but his memory issues continued. When Dave took his father back to the doctors…

  • Background

    Dave cares for his father who has Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Age at interview 58
  • Sex/Gender Male