not much anyone can say, your mother is safe from pain now cliff and will always be with you, the love between mother and son will help you through this hard time. xx 2 kisses for cliff an your mum

caroline, fakenham, norfolk

My heart goes out to Sir Cliff. My mother died having suffered from Alzheimer's and truly nothing can ever prepare you for what this disease does to a loved one: slowly take away every vestige of what made them who they are. The way NHS treats such people - effectively, as too expensive to treat - makes me wonder if anyone at NICE or in the government has ever had someone they love die like this. In my nightmares, I imagine a time when fatal diseases such as cancer have all been cured and everyone over a certain age has Alzheimer's. Maybe they'll pay more notice of it then.

Keith Revill, Durban, South Africa

I think the government's treatment of Alzheimers sufferers is appalling and the NHS do not regard this as an illness for commercial reasons because they want to offload the problem because of cost and an increasing number of sufferers. The Social Services just wish to take the money of the poor sufferer in order to pay for their welfare. The benefits system of this country provides litte support for sufferers of this disease. I feel great sympathy for Sir Cliff and his mum it is a terrible thing to see such deterioration I have a similar situation with my mother who is 84. Nothing prepares you for this.

Simon Dean, Uckfield,