Ageing well, memory loss and dementia – caring for elders

Mental health in later life: loneliness, depression in elders, memory loss and dementia, and how families can care for older relatives.

Chapters on this topic

Age is not a diagnosis of despair

Just Getting Old, Said the Family – Mr Hargreaves, seventy-two, had been a head teacher in Manchester. Since retiring two years ago and losing his wife last winter, he had stopped…
Where Did I Put the Keys, Again? – Mrs Lakshmi, seventy-eight, lived with her son Arvind and his wife in Chennai. For the last year she had been repeating questions, leaving the…
The Carer Who Forgot Herself – Grace, fifty-eight, had cared for her husband Tom in Cork since his dementia diagnosis three years earlier. He no longer knew the day, woke…
The Empty Flat on Raja Street – Mr Fernandes, seventy, lived alone in Mumbai since his wife died and his children moved abroad. He ate lunch at a different tiffin place…
When Dad Became Another Person – After two small strokes, Mr Okafor, seventy-six, was living in Lagos with his daughter, Chidinma. Over the last year he had become confused in…
Ramesh – Ramesh, age 68, retired and lost his wife within two years. He became withdrawn, stopped temple and morning walks, and slept poorly. His children…