Our national health system works somewhat differently to UK but I still think where you live has a big impact on how things work out for you.
Our GP referred my husband to a geriatrician who arranged for him to attend the memory clinic for assessment and he sent him off for scans. Prior to his initial attendance at the memory clinic, we were visited by an occupational therapist at home.
At his visit to the memory clinic, he was evaluated by a neuropsychologist through intensive testing while I spent an hour alone with the occupational therapist expressing my concerns and discussing what sort of things were happening with my husband.
Since then, he has seen the geriatrician every six months and has been back to the memory clinic for a review about two years ago. My husband has stated that he will never do that again because he had found it too hard to do.
At the geriatrician's visits, he does the MMSE test with a psych. Nurse while I have a private chat with the geriatrician.
I have not had any emergencies with OH's AD but I know that if necessary I could contact the geriatrician.
I feel that the care we have had has been very good. I don't feel that we have been abandoned or forgotten and that I am very grateful.
Our GP referred my husband to a geriatrician who arranged for him to attend the memory clinic for assessment and he sent him off for scans. Prior to his initial attendance at the memory clinic, we were visited by an occupational therapist at home.
At his visit to the memory clinic, he was evaluated by a neuropsychologist through intensive testing while I spent an hour alone with the occupational therapist expressing my concerns and discussing what sort of things were happening with my husband.
Since then, he has seen the geriatrician every six months and has been back to the memory clinic for a review about two years ago. My husband has stated that he will never do that again because he had found it too hard to do.
At the geriatrician's visits, he does the MMSE test with a psych. Nurse while I have a private chat with the geriatrician.
I have not had any emergencies with OH's AD but I know that if necessary I could contact the geriatrician.
I feel that the care we have had has been very good. I don't feel that we have been abandoned or forgotten and that I am very grateful.