[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

I was in a harbor freight last Saturday killing time and wished my dad was there. He is still alive, but with advanced dementia to the point where taking him out in public, away from familiar surroundings would be a mistake, but I was wishing I could have him there, browsing the cheap tools like he loved to do.

I doubt his wife would let him do it, and even I doubt it would be wise at this point, but I wish we could do it. I might run it by her, although it probably wouldn't be feasible. Wouldn't hurt to ask.

Go get him and take him with you. I posted this before in another thread but my brother and I took my 99+ year old grandma with dimensia out of the nursing home numerous times. We would wheel her over to the West Edmonton Mall in her wheel chair numerous times. We would call up the wheel chair cab to take her out to supper or for drives around town. These outings really perked her up, even though she didn't always know who we were or what was going on. Suddenly she would perk up with the neatest memories and show she knew who we were.

Honestly, what are you afraid of? I'm so glad we did this with her. I wish we did this sort of thing with my mom before she passed. She wanted to take a train trip across Canada but my dad wouldn't hear of it. I wish we took her.