My mum has been in her care home for a couple of years now she has mixed dementia. Initially we took her out and about for coffee meals etc but now it's difficult as she's very frail and frets if we take her out. Mother's Day was very hard as we took her for afternoon tea but she barely ate anything and dropped her tea I hate seeing her sitting in her chair looking lost and sad when I go to visit her, she was my best friend and we talked two or three times a day about everything under the sun, now conversations are forced and stilted. How do you all cope it's so hard !!