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My mother has Parkinson's. It is not only affecting her (control over her) body, but also her mind. She is sometimes hallucinating, she mis-remembers things, and words don't come out right.
She has been in an assisted living facility since late last year, and she is going downhill at a slow but accelerating rate. (Not sure if it's at 9.8 m/s^2 or not.)
I stopped in early this week, and she asked if I was really there. Because I and my step-father had been there earlier that day, evidently, but wouldn't talk to her. (Despite the fact that I was at work at the time, and he was up at the house and not at Mom's.)
She also called me yesterday to ask if I had spent the afternoon with her. I had not; I was at work again.
She knows she is hallucinating. That has got to really, really, really suck.
Pretty hard on me, too.
She has been in an assisted living facility since late last year, and she is going downhill at a slow but accelerating rate. (Not sure if it's at 9.8 m/s^2 or not.)
I stopped in early this week, and she asked if I was really there. Because I and my step-father had been there earlier that day, evidently, but wouldn't talk to her. (Despite the fact that I was at work at the time, and he was up at the house and not at Mom's.)
She also called me yesterday to ask if I had spent the afternoon with her. I had not; I was at work again.
She knows she is hallucinating. That has got to really, really, really suck.
Pretty hard on me, too.
I'm so sorry. That's gotta be really tough on everybody. 
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