It's hard to say what state Jo is in by now. she obviously had memory issues prior to getting into treatment. I watched my grandmother slowly lose her memory. as a family we would take turns staying with her in the daytime and she would look right at me and tell me her grandson was coming over. I was watching a documentary on VHS and Kennedy gave his famous "ask not what your country can do" and she jumped up saying John F Kennedy several times as I reversed the tape. Jo might not even know what's going on anymore. depends on what the illness is. my grandmother only lasted a couple months once we put her into a full care center. the last time I saw her I brought her a pizza. she knew I worked at Pizza Hut and even then she said it was from her grandson not knowing who I was when I gave it to her. even back in the mid 80's Alzheimer's wasn't known and the term "senile" was used. I remember the phone call from my dad. I was working at a pawn shop just a couple miles away from the home. she was not blood relation since she adopted my father but knowing her my whole life made no difference.

Altz is a toughie. When my grandmother forget who I was it was not that big a deal. but when she forgot who her son was - my father - and got combative with him, now that was tough to watch.