Not been on here for a long time. My husband was diagnosed with young onset dementia in 2014 at 59. A couple of months ago the word 'Alzeimers' was used, not sure what the difference is!
Yesterday we went to his annual appt with the specialist (my husband hates going here as on the door in capitals it reads: Mental Health Centre. The specialist was assessing him with loads of questions and activities to do. My H kept looking at me and the S said Im asking you, I will ask your wife in a minute, must have said it 4 times. Then the S asked me if I felt my H was a burden to me, well..I was shocked this has never once entered my head and he certainly isnt. He then asked my H to fold a piece of paper in half and to give it to me. After an hour and half my H by now is getting frustrated and agitated I felt I wanted to walk us both out of there. My H didnt do the task..but just held his head and said I'm fed up! The S turned to me and said 'is he hard at hearing am i making myself clear..is this normal only I was so annoyed its played on my mind all night and today.
Yesterday we went to his annual appt with the specialist (my husband hates going here as on the door in capitals it reads: Mental Health Centre. The specialist was assessing him with loads of questions and activities to do. My H kept looking at me and the S said Im asking you, I will ask your wife in a minute, must have said it 4 times. Then the S asked me if I felt my H was a burden to me, well..I was shocked this has never once entered my head and he certainly isnt. He then asked my H to fold a piece of paper in half and to give it to me. After an hour and half my H by now is getting frustrated and agitated I felt I wanted to walk us both out of there. My H didnt do the task..but just held his head and said I'm fed up! The S turned to me and said 'is he hard at hearing am i making myself clear..is this normal only I was so annoyed its played on my mind all night and today.