Alzheimer's is such a hard thing to deal with. My grandmother had it for about 6-7 years and she recently passed away this past March. It was really hard for me since I lived right down the street from her, and my mom, dad and I moved in with her to help her dress, eat, basicly do daily things. She began forgetting who I was, getting up in the middle of the night thinking it's day time, would throw eating utensils away, etc. She basicly forgot everything.

We lived with her a year and a half till we decided in May 06' to send her to a local nursing home specialized for Alzheimer's patients. My whole family lost so much sleep since it became a daily basis of her getting up at 4am where my mom had work at 8, and I had school at 7:30. My mother would also put all her attention on my grandmother and never anyone else and it was just a huge downpour on my family. I would get very depressed, but then again my grandmother was in more need than I was.

When she began at the nursing home, she had lost 25-45 lbs (I forget the exact amount), her memory suddenly went away quicker, and she had many seizures and falls where she had broken her hip. Sometimes she would be irrisponsive, would have mood swings, and not eat. She was always up and down, so everyday when the phone rang I felt a panic since I knew one time there will be a close call and it will be her last one.

March 24th 2007 I was home with my boyfriend of 5 months at the time, and my mom and dad. We got a phone call around 9 that night saying that my grandmother's respitory and heart rate was low and we should come over. So, all of us went over and she was hooked up to a monitor. She wasn't responding at all and she was very thin, pale, and weak. We knew this was the end of it. I ended up having to leave at 10:30 to take my boyfriend home. I cried that whole night ofcourse, and I fell asleep right away. My mom came home around 12 and I woke up and she told me she had passed away.

I cried so much, and I still cry to this day. She was like losing my mom or dad, we were close before she had Alzheimer's and I miss her terribly.

If you need anything, you can always PM me any questions.

Good luck with everything with your father.