DH's grandmother is in the later stages of Alzheimers. She's in a nursing home, and apparently is spiraling down quickly.
This isn't much of a surprise, but it's still sad. Her husband is still alive, and he has been slowly dying of a broken heart since she was diagnosed about 10 years ago. Mr. Loverman has helped him some. He loves seeing him whenever he can.
His wife has been in a nursing home since early 2007, and DH and I haven't seen her since then. He wanted to preserve the memory of her as she was when he was a kid. I never really knew her. She had Alzheimers when I started to date DH, and never knew my name or anything.