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[quote=Anonymous]All I can say it is do it, even if its hard. My father had dementia, and was in a memory unit at an assisted living facility the last 15 months of his life. It was harder I think for the family to accept that Dad was going to spend his final days in the facility than it was for my Dad. But I am so glad I made the effort and visited him as much as I could before he passed, even though I am so thankful too that I never to have to go back to that place again. Dad rarely knew who I was, but I would talk to him and he would sometimes talk gibberish back to me. And sometimes he would make sense. Other times I would show him pictures of his grandkids, or play him music, and he would sit and look or listen. Leaving was always hard, and I usually had to sit in my car and compose myself before driving home, and sometimes I would drive the 2 hours home crying the whole time. Its hard to even write this now without tearing up thinking back to it all, but I'm glad I had those moments to say what I wanted to say and to slowly let go, so even if Dad didn't know who I was, he could feel he was cared for and loved and wasn't alone.  [/quote]

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