Parent referred to MH team and given ACEIII, scoring 84 (inconclusive). However my main concerns are a) inability to stay on the subject - you ask a question, and the reply wanders from topic to topic, and you keep having to drag it back b) excessive anxiety about improbable or non-existent risks, whereby things people do every day end up with imprisonment or bankruptcy.
Dr administering ACE doesn't seem concerned, and I suspect parent will be discharged with a "mild cognitive impairment consistent with age" diagnosis, which doesn't get us anywhere towards letting parent live in a less scary world. So where do I go from here? What should I be asking for? Are there any magic words or phrases that will let my concerns be heard?