Peter is still quite confused at times. what can be done?

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he hasnt had any sort of re-hab after his third TIA/stroke. the one that really messed hias brain up and put him on the orgent transplant list.

today (personalclown dont laugh) he went wandering off to the wrong bank in town to meet me, even though i told him which bank i was going to and i'd meet him in the middle at thne front of the shopping centre.

this is an ongoing thing, he will get things wrong, forgets his pin number, forgets things i have told him earlier in the day, will insist black is white. its v v v frustrating and scary at times.

what do we do?

No advice - but poor Peter - is he aware he forgets things and gets frustrated..and poor you. God you must have the patience of a saint!

is this the sort of thing occupational therapy can help with? If so could you see your GP for a referral?

It is definately possible in some cases to improve short term memory loss but I am no expert so see the GP. If not with him then on your own. They can at least give you general advice even if they won't refer him without him there iyswim.

its very frustrating for him as he will insist he has it right, wheras i'm in a flap trying to find where he has gone.

is it a GP thing or ask at harefield what to do?

he has an appointment on weds at harefield.

It wouldn't hurt to ask at Harefield as you are going so soon. Might be quicker than going GP rooute as well

thanks.

thing is he is so so certain her is right, that he wont accept there could be a problem.

but its me who is left to pick up the pieces and try and oput things right when he has got it so wrong.

or try and find him in town.

[sighs]

Temporarily, would it help if he carried a notebook at all times and things like that were written in it?

(Or would he forget to carry it...???)

I can see how frustrating it must be for both of you

he would forget his has it.

the other day i wrote down what to do about his phone that had been highjacked by a texting service and used all his credit. the next day he insisted he had to call in 24hours, even though it was written down clearly 48hours, and then he said i hadnt topped up his phone this week as he had no credit. he totally forgot all the stuff about the text service using his credit.