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Hi, My mother 81, 10 years on Sinemet, is also experiencing hallucinations and some delusions. Apparently, she is at the point of Sinemet at the maximum dosage for movement control--and this point also causes mental problems to develop. She was also taking Tasmar, which also, apparently, can contribute to the causation of hallucinations. The hallucinations are quite involved--hurricanes, visits by dead relatives, her grandchildren and I, her son, doing bizarre things in her home when, in fact, we are 600 miles away. She is in hospital recovering from a stairs fall, and she is deluded about the hospital stealing $2,000 from her purse. I checked her bank withdrawals, and no such withdrawal has taken place. What I am most concerned with, however, is this: her neurologist is unreachable. I have called and faxed and I cannot connect with him. He limits his "telephoning" to specific times during the week, and has not called when promised. Should I expect less care for her because of her age? Joel Sturm