Bevangel, your post is amazingly thoughtful. So glad I wan't my father's caregiver while he was at his worst. That fell to my mother, who never complained.

They lived 8 miles out from the nearest small town and one day I found myself on the country road driving behind him. His pickup was going only 20 mph and he was totally unaware of where he was or what he was doing. That was the day I insisted she take away the keys and hide them, as well as his guns.

Of all my health nightmares, Alzheimer's is the worst.