Moving to new care home

My dad's been in a care home for 2 years 500 miles away. His friends have all died or become disabled and only his wife is able to visit & such, but she can no longer do that due to health problems of her own, so we've decided to move him near me & his grown grandchildren.
Does anyone have experience with how people with AD cope with such a move? He is I suppose mid-level AD, he still knows us, but his abilty to speak is pretty impaired so we don't know really how much he understands.
Thanks for sharing any of your experiences.

dear Faithful,
My mother died a few months ago after a long decline from Parkinson's. She was similar to your Dad in that she eventually could barely speak, just make little grunts, so it was really hard to know what she was thinking. Her facial expression was also rigid, so reading emotional content was impossible. We tried as much as possible to relate to her as though she understood us. It was sort of like having a baby, but without the expressiveness infants show. Very difficult. My heart goes out to you.
If he still can recognize you, I would think going to see him alot, and providing him with familiar objects, like a favorite blanket, ect. might help him cope. I often felt that my mother was lost in a big house she used to know her way around in. She would look out the windows so to speak, but not recognize the neighborhood. Very lonely.
So like I said, go see him alot. Go sit with him and don't worry too much about feedback. Just pet him and hug him.