My father died of alzhimers on Dec.28, 2009. He didn't recocnize us. I have worked with alzheimers patients for 13 years as a caregiver and activities assistant. Your quilt is a physical representation of what is happening to their brain. I have seen some patients affraid to step on a black rug because they believe it is a hole in the floor. We have used that to keep a wander in the building during the winter months. There are others who can't make sense of what your saying unless there is no other noise in the room. I have taken care of a lady who I hadn't spoken to me ever until One time when I was dancing with her and I sang " you are my sunshine" to her and she started to sing with me. After we sat down I said to her "That was wonderful dancing and singing with you" she looked blank at me like she didn't know how to talk and didn't talk again. Don't take your fathers behavior personaly. It's the disease :cry: