Dear all The paper below presents new insight into the ways in which carers of people with dementia make decisions in the context of seemingly declining autonomy and freedom associated with the condition. The focus is on the ways in which carers reflect on decisions made in different temporal contexts (day-to-day, medium- and long term Sampson, M.S and Clark, A (2015) ‘Deferred or chickened out?’ Decision making among male carers of people with dementia. Dementia, DOI: 10.1177/1471301214566663 best wishes Mary