Thank you for your information. She does have late stage dementia. The leaning while sitting or standing started about three weeks ago. While she is sitting on the sofa we prop up pillows to try to keep her from leaning. She moves her head back and forth and is awake even with her eyes closed and leaning she will ever once in a while hear something on TV and reply with some off the wall responce, or yell out i love you do you love me? Is these signs that she could be approaching the end of her life? She isn't bed ridden yet, but with alot of help walks from her room to the living where she sits all day and then back to her room at night, it's only 12 feet from her room to the sofa. She can not stand with being held up while she gets her diaper changed. Please help I would really like some answers to my questions. Thanks, Carol