My mother in law was diagnosed with vascular dementia about two years ago but was not given any medication for the condition.
We have noticed recently a decline in her condition, she is not making sense a lot, especially on the telephone and is increasingly confused by conversations or day to day tasks. We believe the condition to have worsened and believe she is developing anxiety alongside the dementia.
We are trying to encourage my father in law to take her back to the doctors to seek further advice as the condition has worsened but I think because no medication was originally given and the general consensus after the first diagnosis was that nothing can be done, he is reluctant to.
I was wondering what peoples experience with this was? Is it worth it?
Also my father in law needs some rest bite care as we are concerned for his health and I personally need some education on how to help her as this progresses.
Now the condition has got worse, what do we do now?
We have noticed recently a decline in her condition, she is not making sense a lot, especially on the telephone and is increasingly confused by conversations or day to day tasks. We believe the condition to have worsened and believe she is developing anxiety alongside the dementia.
We are trying to encourage my father in law to take her back to the doctors to seek further advice as the condition has worsened but I think because no medication was originally given and the general consensus after the first diagnosis was that nothing can be done, he is reluctant to.
I was wondering what peoples experience with this was? Is it worth it?
Also my father in law needs some rest bite care as we are concerned for his health and I personally need some education on how to help her as this progresses.
Now the condition has got worse, what do we do now?