My grandma got dementia, and she has been deteriorating quite a lot just now at the hospital to the point where she is unrecognizable. Yes, technically she is still my grandma, but at the same time she is not. I hope you understand what I am trying to get at.

(Of course I still consider her my grandma and she is being cared for just as much as she would have been years ago. It just saddens me that I cannot have the same or similar interactions as I could have some time back.)