Hello all, I am new to this board and hope that someone may have some words of advice. My dad is 74 this year and has had az for about 7 years now. He hasn't reached the stage where he doesn't recognise people, but his short term memory loss is bad and he shuffles along really badly when walking. This has led to some falls over the past couple of years and last week he had a couple of falls and had to be brought home. He also suffers from incontinence but the last few months it has been double incontinence, which is really hard to know how best to deal with. He has been going out on his own (he loves to visit the local coffee shops and see people every morning). He loves this routine, but on 2 occasions last week he had bad incontinence accidents when out and ended up stripped and trying to clean himself in a field. What does all this mean - does it mean he is at the final stages of az - I am really worried. He lives with my mum, but she does not really keep me and my sister informed and I found this out today by talking to him. It really shocked me - he says he has been told by the doctor and mum that he cannot be left on his own anymore, etc. But he was on his own when I visited him, although mum was not far away. I'm just really worried that he may be going down hill and wondered what others opinions may be. Thanks for listening. Snooky