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[quote=Anonymous]My father has Parkinsons (for years) and is struggling more and more with basic life tasks. My mother is in denial and insists he is fine and just getting lazy and unmotivated to do things. She gets quite frustrated with him. We have started buying him adapative tools to help him but she takes them and hides them in the basement and says thanks, when he gets to the point of needing them I will bring them out. She seems to think that if he uses something to help him it is enabling him to be lazy. She also doesn't want any visible reminders that he has Parkinsons and she says having any mobility aids around is depressing and makes her feel old. We also bought him meal supplements as he wasn't eating well and she took those away as well and squirelled them away in her basement too.

My father just goes along with whaever he does. He doesn't want to be a burden on her or make her feel down, so he doesn't ask for anything and agrees to whatever she wants.

I am not sure how to deal with her. She thinks that as long as she pretends all is well, then it is. [/quote]

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