I know it can be hard. Your siblings are in town. You visit the nursing home with them so you can all be together with your mom who is living in a care center. The adult children are all jabbering, trying to catch up on each other's lives. Sure, you are physically in the room with your parent. But there's a good chance that your mom is completely left out of the conversation.
Her hearing isn't bad, but the noise of several voices at once is too much. Her worsening dementia makes a lot of commotion confusing. She doesn't complain, and she really does enjoy seeing everyone. Yet, after you all leave feeling satisfied that you visited with mom, she doesn't feel "visited."
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