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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let them be and have their life and routines.  He may not want to feed her in public in restaurants out of respect for your mother.

Being the primary caregiver for your mother who does not have the use of her hands has got to be hard...think dressing, bathing, cooking, feeding etc.

They are comfortable in their two living environments.  Respect his decision.  Visit them in their locale.

Travel is exhausting even if you have no health issues.[/quote]

He's been helping with her fork and knife in restaurants for decades, they've had to move past those kinds of issues :-)

What concerns me is that I am tying this new found refusal to do new things to some kind of mental decline. That plus my mother is very disappointed because she loves to travel. I would love to bring her with me, but she doesn't want to be separated from my father. She has always been an anxious sort of person, and relies on my father's presence (even when she doesn't need his help at all!), so if he's in decline, they're going to be a complete mess together...

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