I am new to this forum, I hear alot about the pain of watching someone you love fade away,lucky for some, as you are able to care and decide what is best for your love one. YOu, can continue to live thinking about the love, support and care which you were able to provide for them. I have watched in horror, how my mother lost her sight, describing the pain, and symptom I knew so well on a daily basis, until she could no longer see. She did not need to loose her sight, nor everything she ever worked for;but more than her sight,and tangibles, she has lost the opportunity to spend the "golden years of her life"with her family and those she loves. I posted the topic of forced guardianship, and issue too horrible for anyone to want to look into it... but a reality nevertheless. My prayers for all caregivers, you not only aliviate the pain of those in need but show there are still good souls that not only care for the might "I". Maritza