Following a cognitive assessment in September, Mum is supposed to receive further assessment from Old Age Psychiatry. We've noticed a marked decline in her abilities since then and I'm wondering whether to ask how long it's likely to be before she is assessed? Part of me wants to know and to get advice and help but on the other hand I shrink from her receiving a diagosis. I feel it would be such a hard thing for her to be told and to have to accept, although we all assume this is dementia.
She is so very confused now, can't manage simple tasks (she spent a whole day unsuccessfully trying to write an address on an envelope), loses things all the time, has word-finding difficulty, doesn't know what day it is, has had a couple of incidents when she hasn't recognised where she is in familiar surroundings, and so on. We got her a simple four-button dementia mobile recently and she was fine with it for a while but now doesn't seem to be able to work out how to use it.
So - do I chase up the assessment or spare Mum the knowledge for a little longer? How long does it usually take to receive an appointment?
She is so very confused now, can't manage simple tasks (she spent a whole day unsuccessfully trying to write an address on an envelope), loses things all the time, has word-finding difficulty, doesn't know what day it is, has had a couple of incidents when she hasn't recognised where she is in familiar surroundings, and so on. We got her a simple four-button dementia mobile recently and she was fine with it for a while but now doesn't seem to be able to work out how to use it.
So - do I chase up the assessment or spare Mum the knowledge for a little longer? How long does it usually take to receive an appointment?