Sarah, my mother interacts very little now. for some years now, taking her ice cream to eat or feed her some foods she likes often made her smile and seem to enjoy my/our presence. at first, she did not want anything except to go home. i suggest you do your best to appear friendly and pleasant despite obvious anger that will often dominate your mother's emotions. you may have to practice genuine smiling - and , keeping a smile despite her likelihood to be aggressive. -- Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter