My mother repeats the same old stuff over and over again within minutes if not seconds e.g. I mention my son's children every time i speak to her on the phone once a week and whenever i talk about them and she responds as if it is new information everytime. My mother will ask the same question over and over again not remembering that she has said the same thing several times before.
Her memory has been tested, because she has talked in the past couple of years of being asked various questions testing her memory by someone who has visited her. I have written a number of letters to her GP expressing my concern about her memory and my suspicions that she has dementia and i have unsuccessfully tried to visit my mum's GP (with my mum) to get a formal diagnosis. The GP will not release any information about my mother regarding her medical history. I'm sure that the medical profession are monitoring her, but i cannot get hold of any details about this monitoring process. Her partner that lives with her, insists that her memory loss is due to the effect of my father passing away over 4 years ago and is in denial about any possibility it could be dementia. If i speak to him about it, he will say that she has passed all the memory tests and she does not have dementia.
Both my sisters think that my mother has dementia and are equally frustrated about not being able to get positive confirmation about a diagnosis. At least my mother is living with a very caring and tolerant partner which alleviates some of the worry about my mother's condition.
Could you suggest how i can obtain more information from my mother's GP ( i have Power of Attorney which cannot be activated due to my mother being able to make decisions for herself)
My other concern is that my sister has recently been diagnosed with liver cancer and she is concerned as to how to share this information with my mother and the effect it will have on her.
Michael
Her memory has been tested, because she has talked in the past couple of years of being asked various questions testing her memory by someone who has visited her. I have written a number of letters to her GP expressing my concern about her memory and my suspicions that she has dementia and i have unsuccessfully tried to visit my mum's GP (with my mum) to get a formal diagnosis. The GP will not release any information about my mother regarding her medical history. I'm sure that the medical profession are monitoring her, but i cannot get hold of any details about this monitoring process. Her partner that lives with her, insists that her memory loss is due to the effect of my father passing away over 4 years ago and is in denial about any possibility it could be dementia. If i speak to him about it, he will say that she has passed all the memory tests and she does not have dementia.
Both my sisters think that my mother has dementia and are equally frustrated about not being able to get positive confirmation about a diagnosis. At least my mother is living with a very caring and tolerant partner which alleviates some of the worry about my mother's condition.
Could you suggest how i can obtain more information from my mother's GP ( i have Power of Attorney which cannot be activated due to my mother being able to make decisions for herself)
My other concern is that my sister has recently been diagnosed with liver cancer and she is concerned as to how to share this information with my mother and the effect it will have on her.
Michael