Kimberly Schlapman Reveals Mothers Parkinsons Care Struggles

singer Kimberly Schlapman's mother Barbara Roads now requires '24-hour care' two deacdes after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

At first, the 56-year-old country crooner 'didn't think much of' the tremor her 78-year-old mom developed, but the degenerative neurological disorder has progressed.

'No one in our family, to our knowledge, has had Parkinson's before,' Schlapman told USA Today on Saturday.

'We didn't understand what her care would mean. We didn't know enough about the disease to know where we were headed. But now, I mean, it's 24-hour care.'

The Over and Over singer has her hands full raising two daughters - Daisy, 18, and Dolly, nine - from her 19-year marriage to stage manager-turned-second husband Stephen Schlapman.

'I love being a mama. I also know what my mama has meant to me in my life. And so now I get an opportunity to care for her. That's incredibly important to me,' Schlapman noted.

'I also have a job where people rely on me.'

The Georgia native recently relocated in order to be closer to the former school teacher, and she's also hired help to pick up the slack between relatives.

'I just wouldn't have it any other way,' Schlapman said.

At first, the 56-year-old country crooner 'didn't think much of' the tremor the 78-year-old matriarch developed, but the degenerative neurological disorder has progressed (pictured in 2023)