Mom lives in MCF and has been asking when we can go back to Texas to see the family again; my mother is the oldest of 10 children and (1 of only 2 kids to moved out of state away from Texas) 7 of her siblings have 4 children or more and they all have kids now so we have an extremely large extended family. We took mom 2x last year and she really enjoyed her visits however, the dementia has progressed so much since her last visit. She's now living in Memory Care (9 weeks now). Fortunately, we have several places we can stay with family (at little cost), usually she stays with 1 of her sisters and I with one of my cousins or in this case with her at 1 of her sisters. I know she won't remember most of the family but I do think she would enjoy a short 4-6 day trip to San Antonio sometime in near future. We could go drive by her old school, the Ranch she grew up on, and by my grandfathers old Iron Works Garage in town or to the Market Place by the Riverwalk or just visit with family the whole time. Please if anybody has any suggestions/advice/comments or experiences they can share with us of taking a LO with Dementia or other similar cognitive Illness out of MCF or AL or SNF for a visit, it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in Advance!
Best of luck! Let us know how it goes
If you’d like to go, give it a try. But, have quiet places for her wherever you go and have someone assigned to monitor her reactions. If you see her become stressed, remove her from the situation immediately.
But I sure agree with your spot on advice.