in nov 05 my dad passed away at 77 after battling alzheimers for 10 yrs. he was the last to die of the 8 kids in his family and was the youngest. he was from australia and we had left there in 1973,never to return and see any of the family. the last year of his life he was very bad off mentally. he did not speak, didnt seem to actually be able to see, even though his vision was fine and hadnt recognized my mom, brother and i for a couple of years. we were at his bedside when he died. it was very non-descript. no trumpets or angelic lights. prior to his death, i had dreams of him about once a month. in these dreams, he was almost well-or what you might call very early stages of the disease. we never actually spoke but rather communicated mentally. in one, i remember asking mentally "dad, where have you been?" and he said "what the bloody hell do you mean? ive been here all along. where have YOU been?". i didnt really visit him much in the home for the last couple years. there was no point. if he knew i was even there, or got 30 seconds of joy from my visit, i would have. after he died, the dreams stopped. it wasnt until about 9 months later that i had the following dream. i was an observer. he was sitting at a long table with about 7 or 8 other people. they seemed to belong together, like co-workers, friends or something. he was talking and making the others laugh as he did in life with his amazingly quick wit. a man approached the table and he rose to greet the man and extend his hand. the man had a sort of serious look on his face. this took my dad off guard. the man got almost in my dad's face and grabbed his shirt, pulling him very close. he said to my dad "look at me! you KNOW who i am!!". my dad stared at him and i saw his expression change to almost shock. he sunk into the chair and lowered his head. i then realized that the people around the table had been his siblings. the dream then ended. what did this mean if anything? was i suppose to see this? being that my dad had been in such a state of limbo in life (not dead yet, but not really alive either) that it wasnt until he saw his brother that he knew was dead, that he realized that he was dead too? seeing this brother would have meant only one thing. his life had ended and he didnt even realize it. this dream has baffled me and i have since dreamed of him but they are really just crazy dreams. no meaning that i can tell. im really curious of someone else's perception of this. thanks for taking the time to read this.