I'm trying to understand the thoughts of my mother's GP, regarding what looks like dementia.
GP made a home visit to my mother a few weeks ago, after she reported my sister missing to police. GP told me afterwards that there was memory loss - couldn't name the PM etc. Booked her in for general tests with the nurse.
My mother had previously visited the practice asking if there was a psychologist or someone she could see, as she feared something wasn't right in her head. She was brushed off by the receptionist, that "we don't have things like that here any more".
So, I made an appointment for my mother at the GP yesterday, and she remembered to go. She chose to take a book about Alzheimer's with her, which the GP apparently showed an interest in. The result of the appointment is that my mother has a prescription for statins, and that's it.
I was hoping for some kind of progress, given that the GP knows that my mother:
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has gone thousands into overdraft, but doesn't understand that banks don't keep giving you money - she thinks it appalling that Barclays isn't going to continue to support her.
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isn't sure what a mortgage is, or whether she has one (she took out equity release products years ago, but doesn't understand what this is. I would like to establish whether my mother has any ownership of her flat, of whether she's released the whole thing).
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believes my sister lives with her. She is utterly convinced, and will not be accept that she doesn't. Also believes that sister has been taking papers, jewellery, and clothes from her flat.
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can't remember things told to her seconds earlier (like, "hang up the phone now, then pick it straight up and call that number you just wrote down")
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says and does things to people (some pretty upsetting), and angrily denies they happened straight afterwards.
Is there nothing that can be done? No one lives near her - there is no one to accompany her to an appointment.