I miss my Dad

[MissingEveryoneSoMuch]

I know everyone has been affected by covid, some much more than others. I’m lucky that my job is secure but I miss my Dad so much. He has Alzheimer’s and lives in a nursing home. I haven’t seen him for a year. He had his 90th birthday 2 weeks ago and I couldn’t see him as I’m not his names visitor.
Sorry, no question here, I just wanted to vent I suppose. I am sick of Covid.

I'm sorry you're missing your dad .

Mine died before the pandemic, and I miss him, but at the same time I'm also glad he died before this so he's not in his nursing home right now without me being able to visit. I'm sure it must feel horrible.

Covid is a big pile of crap that someone has dumped all over humanity, and now we've got to slowly work out way out of it, and clean up, and it's all just horrible, even if we are making progress now.

I hope you can see your dad soon.

That sounds really tough. I've not seen my parents for a year and a bit and it feels like forever. I really feel for people in your situation though. I wonder if it would be possible for family visits to happen in gardens/ grounds now the weather is a but brighter. I might be being really naive about the logistics of this. It just seems unfair to you and them to only allow 1 named visitor.

It's such a relentless chronic ache of sadness, isn't it?
I'm so so sorry.
I am thinking of you and sending you comfort.

I am in exactly the same situation OP. I was working out when I was last able to visit him inside & hug him - it was 1st March last year🙁 He has declined so much since then. My mum is named visitor & now they are saying 2 can go but I am one of 4 so how on earth are we meant to decide who gets to go?! Feel like we are wasting precious time to be with him now.
Sending a hug to you OP - I know unbearable the feeling is. i just hope it changes soon x

I feel for you. I’ve not seen my mother or very elderly grandmother and it’s so tough on them and on me and my ds. We phone every day and FaceTime, but it’s not the same. It’s so hard and feels like precious time being wasted. Thinking of you.

Thanks everyone. @YouCanStopNowThanks, I’m sorry about your Dad, it must be so difficult.

@Littlemiss74, it will be so difficult to choose who will go. I hope you manage something between you and let’s hope that this stage of 2 visitors is short lived before things move back to as near normal as possible.

I’m sorry that we’re all in this position, but there again, sometimes it’s good to hear from other people in the same boat. I’m 33 so don’t really have any friends with a Dad who is 90 with dementia!