Dear Jen. What your Dad is going through is so tough and Gary is right about his needing to fight [and cope] to get his strength back. There are alot of things to try to help him along the way and you can find many of them here by doing a specific search for something that is occuring right now. Gary is also right that you can be a hugh help to your Mom by trying to relieve her whenever you can. If you are in the same town, analyze how she spends her time each day and figure out what you can do to help. Dust, vacuum, grocery shop, pick up meds, bring her a decent meal--whatever! This is a one day at a time battle. Stay strong. Amy