My mum passed away at the beginning of may after suffering alzheimer's for many years,i don't know if we ever really know, how many years they had the disease, as at the beginning you put the symtom's down to something else i.e. old age etc. I was my mum's sole carer and did everything for her, even more so in the latter stages of this horrendous disease' (respect to all you other carer's) nobody knows how you feel or how it affects you, till you experience it, it has affected my own relationship. now that my mum has died i'am finding it really difficult to cope, as a big part of my day was doing things for her, and at the times I would have been with her I am feeling guilty, I know that bereavement is hard for anybody,but I think that when it's down to Alzheimer's it is even more difficult, keep up the good work guys, you are all doing a wonderfull job under difficult circumstances, I hope with time, I will begin to cope with my mum passing away.