I've found I can sometimes help Mum remember by coming at memories from another angle - eg. she said she didn't recall a family meal, so I waited a few minutes, then asked what she'd eaten at the event (WITHOUT asking if she remembered) - and got a normally-detailed report of an event she thought she didn't remember. Meanwhile I'm doing memory exercises & computer chess so the brain cells at least don't die of disuse. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn