title: Dementia: supporting the patient and the carer.
abstract: This article illustrates the many skills required of a community psychiatric nurse in caring for a patient with dementia while also providing support for the carer. A four-year case study shows how early intervention and continued support enabled the patient to remain living in the community with his wife, which is what they both wanted.
authors.affiliation: One Stop Dementia Care Project, Oxleas NHS Trust, Greenwich, London.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012944:Social Support