My husband is in moderate cognitive decline . Waiting for an official Alzheimer’s diagnosis but have been told his condition is characteristic of Alzheimer’s . He got Covid over a week ago and his mental state declined so rapidly . He is a “ different” person now . He is so confused and doesn’t know where he is . I’ve taken him to the doc and psychiatrist (phone conversation) and neither of them know if Covid made his dementia worse . I guess I’m wondering if he will ever snap back when his Covid is gone or is the damage permanent ?
I'm so sorry you are both going through such trials & tribulations. Sending you a hug and a prayer that time resolves these issues on all fronts and that DH gets back to a better baseline with his cognition.
Her condition deteriorated quite significantly during the 6 or so months when we weren’t allowed to see her in person, and sadly, I don’t expect any improvement.
My experience with my mom's dementia was that whenever she had any kind of health crisis her dementia increased. She didn't really decline at a steady pace but rather at a "down a step, then plateau" pace. The health issues caused the step-down, and she'd cruise along until the next one. She, too, had Covid (maybe Delta variant), and she declined, but it's hard to know if that was caused more by Covid or the two weeks she spent in the hospital prior to Covid. Covid was a breeze for her, but the hospitalization was far worse.
He may snap back but many WITHOUT impairment are taking a long time to come back due to long covid. I just saw a program where people are actually retraining the brain to function by mindfulness to the task and with of all things computer games that encourage training the brain to stay in the moment and "concentrate". It tends to get frantic and scattered after covid.
I sure wish him good luck. Hopefully once the covid is over there will be no "long covid" but when there is the beginning of dementia anything like this can worsen it; you cannot know if permanently or not for some time. Anesthesia can often have dire repercussions.
Hope you will update us as you go and again, good luck to you both.