Dad's 78 - he's had dementia symptoms since his mid-60s. It ain't Alzheimers because he's been doolally so long if it were Alz. he would be a zombie by now, and he's not had a stroke so it can't be vascular dementia.
He drinks about 15 units a night, every night. The dementia is getting worse - he's just rung to accuse me of stealing money (that, actually, I gave him) on Sunday.
To our family horror, he was cleared of dementia by a hospital screening last year, although he may have been fibbing.
What I really want to know is how much the amount of alcohol he drinks could be responsible for his condition. How do I find out? Does anyone know whether sinking this amount of scotch could produce dementia symptoms for this long and this continuously?
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Dementia & Alzheimer's
How does alcohol affect the ageing brain?
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Corygal · 17/03/2015 20:00
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