Rang mums doc today as I still havnt heard back from Geriatrician re brain scan? He said she may have mild cognitive impairment? I am not convinced but he hasnt had any tests back yet?
Can someone explain this to me and what it means? I have read that MCI can lead to dementia OR can be cured if diagnosed in time?
Am very confused as i think its more early dementia she may have had MCI a few years ago but from being on this forum and others she is showing more signs of dementia than mild confusion.
Can anyone help? thanks
Maybe the business has changed locations 15 years ago and suddenly your parent thinks it is in the old location..that is dementia. Normal age related forgetfulness is when you forget where you placed car keys, forget a certain word to describe something but you eventually remember that word...maybe an hour later but you remember. Hope that helps.
I am so stressed until the doc gets back to me and a family who are not listening and say its depression?
sorry am drained today and just hate this illness its such a hard demanding role its just never ending always doing something to bug you!
Off now to the kitchen (my haven) to smoke as the tv is so loud I could scream this is her house and she dosnt care what I say as she knows ive nowhere to go.
Thanks for responding i am sure its dementia just need the dr on my side now so I can tackle the siblings!
Youre so right about her good days when she goes to doc she washes dresses up wears makeup and is ALERT and competent IT DRIVES ME MAD! i come out of the docs sometimes feeling that maybe its me im mad because noone si seeing what I see so stressful and frustrating.
I am lucky to have 2 good friends that I run to when things get too much i stay with them 2 nights a week if i didnt i think i would go mad.
I love my mum and try to do whats right BUT she does nothing but moan all day we have a new carer and again mam hates her and thinks shes useless? here we go again theres times when you want to scream and say you know what look after yourself youre never happy and run!! If only that was so easy.
Hugs to you all
I am really, really glad you got a geriatrician on board.
I really feel for you.
My husband can tell you all about military tactics in WWII, or what the address was of every house he ever lived in, but he can't remember that he has a shopping list in his pocket, and he can't figure out that he should look in his pocket to see if there's a list there. He's a mixture of smart and dumb, which is typical.
Please correct me, those of you who know more.
I sometimes don't wear my dentures because I don't feel like it, but then again, I live alone and do as I please. Both my daughters live miles away, so I'm enjoying my freedom (I'm in my 60's). The way I understand it, your mom does things her own way - let her be. JMO
She's leaving TV on full blast - I don't know what you can do about it. My late father didn't want to wear his hearing aids saying he didn't need them, but he lived alone in his apartment, and apparently his neighbors didn't complain.
I think you might want to look into having an outside help. Or placing your mom in a facility that you can still visit every day and stay there with her as long as you want to.
However not wearing dentures and hearing aids is her choice. I understand where you're coming from, but I think that you don't have too many options here. I'm just saying.