My mom turns the tv on each morning and the turns it off. Now I know why,she announces,"let me guess what day it is"LOL!
She's fine physically, but doesn't remember things from recent events. She will tell me in detail about things from 60+ years ago!
The neurologist stopped her from driving and said she could not live alone anymore (she lives with me now) and she still doesn't believe she has a problem.
It's been almost a year now and I'm SO confused,one day she's "normal" the next I'm dealing with a spoiled teenager. Thanks for any insight to this rant.
This set my Mom's husband up for many years of denial about my Mom's condition, six years in fact. When mom became forgetful she would laugh it off. Her new hubby thought that her forgetfulness was her trying to be cute or funny. That was easier for him then facing the truth. He only began to realize what was occurring to mom following a hip replacement that had him in rehav for three months when he only saw her for dinner each day. He was no longer mom's 24/7 caregiver so when he was released from rehab the change he saw in my mom was unbelieveable. It wasn't that there was a significant change, but he finally began to see and understand what was occurring with my mom. And he still has his moments of denial, but is so saddened to see what has happened with my mom.
? You can score Mildly Impaired on the Stanford Binet and Very Low on weschsler iq test. They BOTH mean that you have an IQ of 55 to 69. The results only mean something if you know what the descriptor means.
When my mom was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment we were told she could no longer live alone. There is no cognitive test that diagnoses Alzheimer's, if that's what you're looking for.