My best friend has been caring for a mother who has alzheimer's for quite some time now. But then just last month he finally had to put her into a nursing home. She kept falling down and hurting herself, and he was the only one she would really listen to, but she started confusing her son with her late husband. And of course he couldn't be there for her all the time, because he had to work during the day. Still, I think that he did an amazing job for as long as he could. His mother sounds exactly like yours, too. It's a terrible disease, and I'm sorry that your mother suffered with it as well as with Parkinson's. Good luck to you, Carol, and I hope to see you around.

Idealist