Wow, sounds rough/tough. I have the opposite problem.( children of parents being in denile) I work with the geriatric population, some of which have significant behaviors related to dementia, alcohol abuse, general confusion. The list could go on. Well anyway when working with them in OT or PT if they do not progress it is often the therapists' fault and the children of the patients are often rude and often put the blame on the theapy staff why there 97 year old mother with dementia and pnuemonia is not getting better. Often what I have seen happen is that the Drs back out and leave it to the nursing home to " deal" with the end of life without letting the family know what their lovedone's prognosis is. I know that the family is going through a very tough time and keep that in consideration at all times. It just makes it pretty hard when I am doing the best posible job possible and still get all sorts of negative responses. Just my .02