Elaine, My heart goes out to you & your family. It is just so sad that they have to go through this at their age. I've gone through battles with my Mom over the past few years with her health and experienced some of the "mental" ?s, but nothing like you are going through now. Is your Mother on alot of meds which I'm sure she is? My Mom would get better & then something else would happen & she would have to go to so many doctors, hospitalization, so many meds. It wears the body & mind down. Even one of her doctors told me in front of her that if she ever started to act strangely, to give him a call. At the time, I really didn't understand fully what he meant. Hopefully, if she is evaluated, they can see if her meds could be causing alot of this. I am praying for your Mother and your family. If you ever feel like you need to just talk, I'm here!