Originally Posted by
Nic
I'm very much of the opinion that it's such a personal thing that there can be no right or wrong thing to do-it's just whatever's right for the person concerned.
However, I'm extremely grateful to Honeymaker for raising the subject. My mum is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, and for anyone who doesn't have personal knowledge of the illness, there's a "look" in the eyes of a person with Az. My sister and I describe it as the "dead fish eye" look. Unfortunately my mum's had that for a few years.
I actively avoid taking photos of mum these days, because it's hard enough to see her like this in life, without having a photographic reminder.
However, thanks to this thread, when mum's time comes, if she looks more like "my mum" again, maybe I'll have the presence of mind to think to take a photo, obviously depending on the circumstances.