I am spending a few days with my dad, who lives alone with Alzheimer’s. We have kept to his normal routine but I’ve added a trip to the pantomime and some festive food treats. I will be leaving on Christmas Day morning to travel to my in laws to join the rest of the family incl. my husband and kids for the rest of Christmas Week. I hate to think of leaving my dad alone. I can’t take him with me. I hate this situation. I hate this disease and what it robs us all of. I hate having to put on a brave face .