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I had to take a second look at this message, because I thought I may have written it and forgotten! This is exactly what we do too! Even our doo-dad is a chain clip with little costume jewelry poodles that bite with their mouths! It used to be in the dress-up clothes for the grandchildren, but we dragged it out for DAD! Also - we have tried some antihistamines - they add to the confusion problem.. The neuro prescribed Probanthine - it work a little. Lately we have been using a thing called a tooth-ette. They look like lollipop sticks with little pink or green sponges on the ends that have slight minty taste. They are used to clean out the mouth in nursing homes, (especially toothless mouths) and we use it to scrub Dad's lips which get icky (that's the medical term) after all the drooling. Anyway, we sometimes use the sponges dry - and they soak up the excess saliva. It's aggravating to be drooling, but Vicki is right, a dark colored "masculine" towel Doesn't show. We also had a person I met at a craft show make up some bibs, patterned after Baby bibs, that use a towel with a hole in it and a ribbed neckband is sewn in like in a sweatshirt. Since Dad also leans to one side - like many PWP - This helps the bib stay on. Sara, daughter of Richard 79, yrs - PD since 1969 > > My dad's solution to the drooling problem was putting a towel on the >front of his shirt when he was at home. A small hand towel, and one of those >doo-dads that hold sweaters or something on - it's a chain or cord with >clips at both ends - makes a nice "bib". My dad called his an "apron", and >was very happy with it since he was no longer wet to the bone all the time. >You can get hand towels in nice, masculine colors inexpensively, maybe even >to coordinate with his clothing if necessary. If he's having a really bad >drooling day, and has to go the dr. or out somewhere, you can put the towel >under his shirt so it won't show, but the wet shirt will be more noticeable. >But at least his chest won't be wet, and the towel will absorb enough that >the wet spot should be smaller than without it! >Vicki Peyton >[log in to unmask] >