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It sounds like its time to fire the doc. You and your mother are consumers of medical services. Shop for a suitable neurologist like you would a new car- ask questions. Surely there is some help a neurologist can provide for PD+ even in the late stages. While I'm a newbie to this PD newsgroup due to my father-in-laws recent dx, I am not new to the health care field. I am a hospice masters level social worker in Cincinnati w/ this areas largest hospice. If your mother is indeed late stage, you may want to contact a hospice program in your area- usually a nonprofit hospice program is better. Not all hospices serve PD pts., but some do & Medicare pays for most everything in-home she will need at 100%. If one hospice refuses her try another. On Mon, 24 Jul 1995, Perdue - Joyce wrote: > On my mother's last visit to her neurologist, he diagnosed Parkinson's > Plus and then told her that there was no need for her to come back to him > anymore, as there was nothing else he could do for her. She has been > seeing him for years, and I've always thought he sounded cold as she > would recount her visits, but this just "takes the cake". Why would he > say this, unless it's the standard practice to cut loose a patient when > the end is in sight. Of course, he will continue to provide for her > prescriptions, but she and I believe that it is time to see another > neurologist. She is barely mobile, can eat little. Would it be futile > to pursue another neurologist? She has so little stamina, that I hate to > subject her to all that it would entail. On the other hand, she feels > abandoned. What do you think? >