FiL had home visit from Memory Team.....the diagnosis is no dementia, but age-related impairment plus delirium from his hospital stay (Feb) and also his hospital stay in Oct last year. She said if it was dementia it was the earliest diagnosis she'd come across i her career. He has near perfect scores on the medium complexity dementia test....anyone know if that covers all dementias or just AD?
I was really convinced it was FTD, with his nasty remarks, sudden mood swings, sometimes furious sometimes almost childlike, lack of inhibition, inability to use remotes/microwave etc (even asked how to turn the light switch off), fabrication, often falls asleep after a few minutes and is awake/sleep randomly thro 24 hrs etc etc
Looks as if BiL will put an extra care visit in place and that will be it because he 'hasn't got dementia' (I am pleased for him if it's right, but on the other hand it doesn't change anything, and she says she thinks he won't get any better). We're still trying to understand it....anyone with any ideas/experience?
I was really convinced it was FTD, with his nasty remarks, sudden mood swings, sometimes furious sometimes almost childlike, lack of inhibition, inability to use remotes/microwave etc (even asked how to turn the light switch off), fabrication, often falls asleep after a few minutes and is awake/sleep randomly thro 24 hrs etc etc
Looks as if BiL will put an extra care visit in place and that will be it because he 'hasn't got dementia' (I am pleased for him if it's right, but on the other hand it doesn't change anything, and she says she thinks he won't get any better). We're still trying to understand it....anyone with any ideas/experience?