Hello. I'm new to this so hoping I'm not repeating what someone else has already asked (ironically). My questions is: has anyone else been struggling to get an answer on how long it will take to get a memory clinic assessment appointment? Or could tell me how long they've had to wait, so I can get an idea of how long we might have to wait?
For context: My family and I (sister and Dad) have been worried about my Mum's memory for a long time (years) but she's always been stubbornly insistent that 'nothing's wrong'. It's gotten much worse in the past year and we finally had a bit of a breakthrough early this year (Jan) when she agreed to let me and my sister go with her to GP appointments. Her GP agreed to refer her to the memory clinic in late Feb, despite saying that Mum 'passed' her mini memory test (which I was present for and had some concerns about how it was administered, but that's by-the-by).
Mum got a letter from the memory clinic in late March, saying she was on their list but that they were stopping assessments due to the pandemic. I totally get understand they had to do that. But it's now nearly August and we still haven't had any update on when Mum is likely to get an assessment. I know they've been doing video assessments since early June (I've been calling every couple of weeks since then to try and find out a rough ETA). But they're still not able to tell me how long it will be before Mum gets seen. Even if they told me it would be another two (or even six!) months, it would be hard, but I'd at least be able to start planning for how we'd cope until that point. It's the open-ended 'not knowing' bit I'm really struggling with, as is my Dad, who is with her all day, every day and is really struggling to cope.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? If so, how did you cope?!?
For context: My family and I (sister and Dad) have been worried about my Mum's memory for a long time (years) but she's always been stubbornly insistent that 'nothing's wrong'. It's gotten much worse in the past year and we finally had a bit of a breakthrough early this year (Jan) when she agreed to let me and my sister go with her to GP appointments. Her GP agreed to refer her to the memory clinic in late Feb, despite saying that Mum 'passed' her mini memory test (which I was present for and had some concerns about how it was administered, but that's by-the-by).
Mum got a letter from the memory clinic in late March, saying she was on their list but that they were stopping assessments due to the pandemic. I totally get understand they had to do that. But it's now nearly August and we still haven't had any update on when Mum is likely to get an assessment. I know they've been doing video assessments since early June (I've been calling every couple of weeks since then to try and find out a rough ETA). But they're still not able to tell me how long it will be before Mum gets seen. Even if they told me it would be another two (or even six!) months, it would be hard, but I'd at least be able to start planning for how we'd cope until that point. It's the open-ended 'not knowing' bit I'm really struggling with, as is my Dad, who is with her all day, every day and is really struggling to cope.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? If so, how did you cope?!?