@celia16 Thank you. This is helpful. It's so confusing, knowing what to do as the circumstances keep changing. When he speaks, he sounds like himself, more or less, but "working through" anything really isn't possible. I want to respect him and still set the proper boundaries and, since I'm pretty much of a pushover anyway, saying No is difficult for me. But everyone is telling me the same thing--don't bring him home--that I don't believe I will. The trouble is, we're having Christmas at my daughter's and she lives in our neighborhood, so we'll be very near our house and he'll know that. His proximity is great in that it makes it easy for me to visit him, but sometimes it's too close for comfort. Honestly, I'll be glad when he remembers less.