[Vicki]

My husband (with PD and a bad back) and I were in the same situation last year.  We did a lot of shopping around and testing mattresses (and unfortunately listening to a lot of sales pitches).  I am a Pediatrician so researched mattresses for muscle issues etc.  What we found was, despite all the sales pitches anything at all with memory foam was a big NO (no matter the price, quality, etc— even Tempurpedic).  It got to be comical, he would lay down and in a nanosecond give a????. Memory foam is wonderful (felt good to me, lol) because it coddles you and surrounds you, conforming to your body BUT it is just that that ‘trapped’ him and made it extremely difficult to move at all.  We were advised to look at Latex mattresses (many different styles).  Latex has the cushion of memory foam But it has spring so you don’t get trapped.  Surprisingly we tried Purple on a whim (the sales person assuring me that my husband wouldn’t like it!, lol).  It was great! (And he did!) worked for my bad hip and with their ‘hybrid’ line had both enough support and bounce that he could move easily, bonus was that it is cooler too.  We ended up with 2 mattresses, both of which we both like (a miracle) .  Guest room has Latex Hybrid (with coils) from Silk and Snow (Canadian company, delivers here), the other the Purple2 Premier (they keep changing names but it’s their hybrid with 2” purple topper— firmest of their hybrid line)—- (their website lists showrooms where you can try them )

I hope this helps, happy shopping… and don’t let a salesperson talk you into anything!, they do not understand Parkinson’s!

btw we bought the Latex mattress as a leap of faith, didn’t know where you could try one.  My son had mattress from Silk and Snow that he loved and they had ‘premium’ Latex model.  This company was also less expensive than others so we gambled and got one for guest room, then slept on it for a bit.  Fortunately ie was good.

[Vicki]

And I thought it was just my husband who had an elaborate (and often preferred) floor ‘system’!  My kids upped his game and he now has an ExPed camping mattress from REI.  It’s still ‘floor firm’ but it is semi inflatable so a bit more comfy AND it packs up so he takes it traveling.