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I'm concerned my GM has the early signs of dementia, I've tried to broach it before but she's dismissed it or acted like she didn't hear me. We spent a lot of time with her the last couple of days and the signs are getting more obvious.
The signs im concerned about are:
Decreased motor functions- struggling to do simple tasks
Unable to follow or hold a conversation, mostly unaware of what is happening or being said
Memory loss, can't remember recent events eg. Told me something that happened a few days before, I was there and she had got details wrong but she carried on claiming I wasn't there and her version was correct or completely gutting and cleaning her whole house from top to bottom every 3/4 days saying it hasn't been done for weeks.
Increased illness rates (probably not dementia related but concerning) and general declining health and mobility, suddenly gone from an active 80 something to shuffling around hardly able to walk.
Dramatic weight loss, she claims she is eating but I'm not convinced, in 2 days I saw her eat a few mouthfuls and drink 1 or 2 cups of tea and one small baileys and saying she was stuffed and hadnt eaten that much in weeks. I know appetite can decrease, but I'm talking literally 3 bites of Christmas dinner (I did the clearing up so saw how much was left on the plate) and nothing else all day, other than 1 cup of tea and a small baileys. No snacks, water/juice.
WIBU to push and try to get her to go to her gp (and let me go along) based on this? I don't even know if much can be done but if she is likely to need support I want to be able to get it in place, or if there's another cause it needs to be identified.
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codenameduchess · 26/12/2019 14:59
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