After being hospitalised following a succession of recent seizures my lovely dad was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour this week and associated dementia. He is now home from hospital but his cognitive decline has been rapid just in the last few days. I’ve been staying at my parents and the nights are heartbreaking. He wanders around the house, utterly disoriented, opening drawers, checking locks and saying he needs to feed his fish (he’s not had a fish tank in over 5 years). He thinks the nights are morning and vice versa. Mum is following him around at all hours worried he will inadvertently harm himself. I’m devastated to see my tall, strong, protective dad suddenly behave like a lost child. And I am worried sick that my mum is going to burn herself out mentally and physically with the strain of desperately trying to keep him safe morning, noon and night. I live 300 miles away - my sister lives 30 miles away from them - and whilst we coordinate ourselves so we are there each week, as much as possible (we both have young children), my mum is taking the brunt of this ‘new normal’. Do you have any practical advice on how we can support mum and dad? This is all new territory and I feel weak and overwhelmed.