My mum was diagnosed with medial temporal Alzheimers in July this year. Her long term partner died of cancer in May, it was a short illness. Mum was confused through most of his illness and even went missing from hospital for 7 hours after an appointment for herself. She does not accept that he is dead and says he has been stealing from the house, lives in a flat above her flat, works in s pub, and has another girlfriend.she changes the scenario quite often. Recently she has been packing her things saying that she and her partner are moving out. She does not know where they are going, he will decide for them and tell her. I can’t throw anything away even empty boxes as ‘he’ might need them. It is so difficult to know how to handle this. I have carers allowance for her and work for one day a week. I am finding the emotional side very difficult. It is affecting my health and I get very tearful. Mum has carers 4 times a day to deal with her medications. She won’t allow them to do housework, washing or personal care. Shopping is hit and miss, and I end up doing it. My sister has health issues and had a heart attack whilst we were dealing with mum’s partners illness. My brother lives hours away by car although he phones her regularly. The hardest part is dealing with her belief that her partner is still around, she gets angry with him. She loses things and blames him etc it’s like watching a decent into madness and feeling helpless to know what to do.