Hey Buzz,
I am the subject of a number of attacks for my comment. I’ve loved and lost Alzheimer’s sufferers including my father and best friend, and I myself - I suffer from a light tremor.
Alas I was only trying to encourage people to kiss their moms and Dads, because I regret not doing it quite enough when I could.
This is what matters, in the end, to a Dad.
Maybe I am wrong but please hug me as MR hugged RWR and knew it was the best thing he could do...
LIke I said, love is a wonderful thing. But in the end, death wins. I would never want someone to neglect a loved one even in the ending days, especially because we never know what the loved one might be hearing and understanding. .But I would also not want to raise false hopes. The neuropathology of progressive dementias is implacable and the end result is certain. With AD and Lewy's the patient eventually and tragically loses all memory and reaches a point where former loved ones are no longer recognized. After that you do what you need to do out of love alone. It is enough because it must be.