Parents with dementia, how dealing with that has gone.

[ArlyA]

We are heading back up to the house dearest grew up in and pick up the remnants still there on Saturday but we will need to stay for a few days. On the way up we'll pick up that used 16ft trailer we purchased. This might be the last time up there. Our house has box's of family stuff she needs to go through. Its been a long road descending into dementia, then their deaths and all the drama associated with that. The house went back on the market and cleaning out there and here, goes on.

 

[MossRoad]

We are heading back up to the house dearest grew up in and pick up the remnants still there on Saturday but we will need to stay for a few days. On the way up we'll pick up that used 16ft trailer we purchased. This might be the last time up there. Our house has box's of family stuff she needs to go through. Its been a long road descending into dementia, then their deaths and all the drama associated with that. The house went back on the market and cleaning out there and here, goes on.

Good luck finishing up. I recall going through my parents house with my siblings after my folks had passed. Lots of memories (and lots of 'stuff'). Took us several months of weekends to get it into shape to sell.

One thing my dad told us before he passed was to not feel obligated to keep the house for sentimental reasons. It was his dream to build it. It might become your nightmare to keep it. "Go make your own memories." was his final word on the house.

It was very kind of him, as it released us from any guilt we might have felt for selling it.

 

[Runner]

Just before I sold my parent's house (that I grew up in and that they built themselves) I did a last walk-through and took detailed photos of everything. In a way it's sad, seeing it empty like that, but I also like to be able to look back at it and see how it was. Lot's of little details that wouldn't mean anything to anyone else, but are good memories for me.

If you haven't done it already, you might think about doing it before it's too late.