Hi all, this is a totally new experience for me so please bare with me and excuse the relatively long post.
Over the last few months my family have started to wonder whether my father (74 years old) was in the early stages of dementia. It started with fairly minor things like forgetting road names nearby to his house and just general confusion but it was often enough to cause concern and very out of character.
Of course, in the current climate (lockdown) my elderly parents have found it very hard to get information made harder by the fact they are not computer ‘savvy’. Obviously the local surgery has been out of bounds but they did manage to speak to a GP and he suggested that my father have an MRI scan based on things that my father/mother had mentioned to him in earlier visits.
It took my father for the MRI scan approx 5 weeks ago and the results have since come back as no signs of dementia showing but there has been a suggestion that a Memory Loss Team be appointed but we are having trouble getting an answer on when they might get a visit from this team which I guess is understandable in the current climate.
In the last 4-5 days, things have got significantly worse with his behaviour. He seems delirious and the main symptom seems to be that at certain times during the day he completely forgets who my mum is (they have been married for over 50 years). This currently seems to happen in the evening, during the day his behaviour is relatively ‘normal’ .
I happened to mention all of this to someone who used to work in elderly care and they suggested that the delirium could be caused by a Urinary Tract Infection but he has been tested today and it came back clear.
This is all very new and distressing for us all, I am obviously not looking for any type of diagnosis on this forum but merely to hear from people who have been in similar situations and maybe suggestions for help and resources (or anything else)
Thanks in advance and I will try and keep future posts a little shorter.
Over the last few months my family have started to wonder whether my father (74 years old) was in the early stages of dementia. It started with fairly minor things like forgetting road names nearby to his house and just general confusion but it was often enough to cause concern and very out of character.
Of course, in the current climate (lockdown) my elderly parents have found it very hard to get information made harder by the fact they are not computer ‘savvy’. Obviously the local surgery has been out of bounds but they did manage to speak to a GP and he suggested that my father have an MRI scan based on things that my father/mother had mentioned to him in earlier visits.
It took my father for the MRI scan approx 5 weeks ago and the results have since come back as no signs of dementia showing but there has been a suggestion that a Memory Loss Team be appointed but we are having trouble getting an answer on when they might get a visit from this team which I guess is understandable in the current climate.
In the last 4-5 days, things have got significantly worse with his behaviour. He seems delirious and the main symptom seems to be that at certain times during the day he completely forgets who my mum is (they have been married for over 50 years). This currently seems to happen in the evening, during the day his behaviour is relatively ‘normal’ .
I happened to mention all of this to someone who used to work in elderly care and they suggested that the delirium could be caused by a Urinary Tract Infection but he has been tested today and it came back clear.
This is all very new and distressing for us all, I am obviously not looking for any type of diagnosis on this forum but merely to hear from people who have been in similar situations and maybe suggestions for help and resources (or anything else)
Thanks in advance and I will try and keep future posts a little shorter.