On Sunday, we went to Serra Manor to deliver the mails that the former owner of this house have received in this address. Unfortunately he wasn't there so we just gave it to the employees. On our way out, an old lady talked to me so I stayed a little while. Then when we left, we proceeded to visit my father-in-law who is staying at Gables Care Center in Hopedale Ohio. It would be nice if Dad can stay at Serra Manor, it would be closer and we can visit him more often. Unfortunately, they are always full and we are still waiting for some vacancy for him.
We were glad that he's awake when we arrived. For a couple of times that we visited, he was sound asleep so we were not able to talk to him. He was actually at the church inside the Gables facility when we arrived. The nurse got him so we could visit.
My husband pushed the wheelchair so we can walk around with him. We stopped at the entrance where there is a piano. The kids wanted to play piano for him. It was festive there so I took lots of photos.
I can tell that Dad doesn't really know who we were. We talked to him and he barely responded. It was nice seeing him though. We didn't see any bruises at all and he seem to gain a little weight while staying at Gables. When he stayed at one of the nearby facility here in our area, he always had bruises. We didn't have an evidence for maltreatment from the employees but my SIL believes that they were not very nice to Dad when he stayed there that's why the family decided to relocate him at Gables Care Center even though it was very far from here. He seem very happy there. All the nurses calls him Pap.
Alzheimer is a hard thing to go through. We miss Dad, we miss him when he can still recognize us and talk to us. We were watching old videos this morning and made us miss him even more.
I am not sure if he will ever have a vacancy here in the area but that's what I pray for so he could be close to us and we can visit him a lot more.
My daughter brought this nativity frame to put in Dad's end table. She made this in her art class last year.
We had a chance to take a family picture with him before we left. He was getting cold so we took him back to his room. Below are the videos of the songs they played for him.
We will try to go back there again before the year ends or on Christmas day. We will see how the weather will be like.
Awww, how wonderful that you got in a visit on Christmas. We went to see some loved ones yesterday, too and it made my Nana so happy to see my kids.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an amazing home you have him in!!! It is hard to be away from family when they are going through things like this, glad you had a good visit.
ReplyDeleteWe went and picked up my in-laws so they could spend Christmas with us. Takes some planning with checking them out and getting medicine and everything. They enjoy it so much and love to hear the stories of their lives and share their experiences with their grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful time you got to spend with him. It looks like he is well taken care of.
ReplyDeleteLove this so much! When my parents were in care facilities, we always heard sad stories of the forgotten patients. Either family couldn't take the time to visit, or they were just too far and the family just couldn't visit. So happy your family was able to spend that time with him!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice visit. I hope something opens up closer, I am sure he would love to see you all more often!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you were able to spend time with your father this holiday season! Family is so very important. I pray that he is able to move closer to you.
ReplyDeleteTime is so precious and I am so glad you were able to spend time together. I bet this visit mad everyone in the family feel happy that you were able to be together. I hope you can spend more time with him over the holiday break.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you all had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with dad. I believe that it is so important to our older family members to spend extra time together during the holidays. These are great photos by the Christmas tree which is beautiful. Thanks for sharing our Christmas time.
ReplyDeleteAlzheimers is a terrible disease. I am so sorry that you have to experience it with your father. My grandmother had it and it tore up my dad each time we saw her :(
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you all had an amazing time! Thanks for sharing the wonderful photos!
ReplyDeletelove your blog. i love that you took time out to spend it with your dad. i love creating wonderful memories.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had an awesome Christmas with your dad I bet you and your dad was really happy spending Holidays together. I miss my dad
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading these kind of posts! Family is very important and its nice to see people celebrating together.
ReplyDeleteThat's the sweetest thing to do! Holiday is the perfect time to reconnect and to spend quality time with family!
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