Only in the last years of his life did two relatives assist him.
This finding will help to inform patients and relatives, assist clinicians in managing their individual patients appropriately, and inform policy makers on timing of interventions with implications on resource allocation.
The few illiterate relatives were assisted by the research assistant who read out the questions and rated the responses, as recommended by the WHOQOL group [ 20].
That said, in 2010 guidelines from then director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said action against friends or relatives who assisted out of compassion, not for personal gain, would be unlikely.
But in 2010 guidelines, the then director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said action against friends or relatives who assisted out of compassion, not for personal gain, would be unlikely.
In addition to formal caregivers, relatives usually assisted in house activities like grocery shopping and doing and ironing the laundry.
It is thus evident that TBAs and relatives who assisted with home deliveries represent a crucial link between communities and health facilities, albeit their informal role.
No formal information was sought from the relatives, but the relatives could assist the patient in answering the questionnaire.
This is probably the result of the strong evolutionary pressure to maintain their relative order, assisting the preservation of protein function or interaction with neighboring genes.
When in labour, the women informed their husbands first, who in turn made arrangements for transport or called for the TBA or a female relative to assist.
On occasion the relative was present in patient interviews when it was evident that both the person with dementia and the interviewee at times looked to the relative to assist in answering the question.
