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Information for a Carer / Relative / Friend

The first step to creating the prescription for the person you are caring for please select either the condition or symptom using the choices below.

Condition

• Dementia
  Dementia is the loss - usually gradually - of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning.
  
  
• Depression
  Depression is a serious illness. Health professionals use the terms 'depression', 'depressive illness' or 'clinical depression' to refer to something very different from the common experience of feeling miserable.
  
  
• Memory Loss
  Memory Loss
  
  
• Parkinson's Disease
  Parkinson's Disease
  
  

Symptom

• Problems with memory
  This may include forgetting names of people you know well or where they, or you, live amongst other things.
  
  
• Confusion
  Becoming confused in new surroundings or by new people, or about who or where you are.
  
  
• Becoming muddled when performing normal tasks
  Simple tasks, such as cooking an everyday meal, may seem more difficult.
  
  
• Continuous low / blue mood or sadness
  Continuous low mood or sadness.
  
  
• Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness
  Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness.
  
  
• Low Self-esteem
  Low Self-esteem.
  
  
• Lack of motivation
  Continually feeling lethargic or uninterested in daily life or events.
  
  
• Suicidal Thoughts
  Suicidial Thoughts / Thoughts of harming someone else.