Worried about my Dad. He's 75 this year, and for the last two years has been getting a bit confused. No memory issues, he's more than able to follow a conversation, a game of football/rugby and performs well in the memory tests set by the nurse. However he is showing confusion in other ways - asking mum where she's going to meet her friend, even though she's met the same friend in the same place for 20 years. Mentioning going to visit relatives who are long dead.
Mum is worried. And sharp as a tack. Dad doesn't think there's a problem and bats concerns away by saying nobody tells him anything and how's he supposed to know what's going on. He has had a MRI last year which came back clear. Does OK in the memory tests. But the episodes of confusion are getting more frequent. Mum has been told to take him for a blood test, she's not clear what they're testing for.
I'm getting all of this info at a distance though as we live 3 hours away and don't see them often.
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Dementia & Alzheimer's
is this dementia?
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PineappleDanish · 17/02/2020 15:00
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