Last year I met an elderly lady with Parkinson's. She was the mother of a friend.I talked to her about P.D and about her husband who was in long term nursing care as he also had Parkinson's and dementia as well.She said that when she visited she took a pile of photos with her of her husband and herself when they were young and in good health.She not only showed them to her husband in an effort to communicate with him but more importantly to the nurses.She told me that she kept saying to the nurses"That is my husband,that man in the photograph ,not just the man you see there in the bed." We remember what we were like when in full health but do others remember who we really are?