Hi everyone,
You all have such experience and I am floundering. My mum is 81 and, aside from a mild cognitive impairment (problems with bank books etc) has been fine. Late January this year she suddenly became unable to tell the time (recovered after a couple of days) and then the problem returned. I took her to the doctors as an emergency appointment because I thought she'd had a stroke - he did all the Mini Mental Health thing (she passed) and snapped his fingers near her ears to prove no stroke before diagnosing a UTI (white cells in urine). Since then she has deteriorated. No concept of time altho she can tell the time. Appt at memory clinic being processed. I am 47 and in full time employment - boss very understanding at the moment. Her memory is pretty good - she remembered I needed to buy cakes for a fundraiser for Alzheimers and I don't doubt she will again pass the mini health exam.
She is getting buses at strange times because she knows there is a chance of meeting me from work (she always got the three o clock bus to meet me) but now she gets the 11 o clock bus because she thinks it is the three o clock or two o clock. Please, does anyone have experience of this. Mum's GP says depression and has prescribed sertraline.
Thank you and all my best wishes
Jan
You all have such experience and I am floundering. My mum is 81 and, aside from a mild cognitive impairment (problems with bank books etc) has been fine. Late January this year she suddenly became unable to tell the time (recovered after a couple of days) and then the problem returned. I took her to the doctors as an emergency appointment because I thought she'd had a stroke - he did all the Mini Mental Health thing (she passed) and snapped his fingers near her ears to prove no stroke before diagnosing a UTI (white cells in urine). Since then she has deteriorated. No concept of time altho she can tell the time. Appt at memory clinic being processed. I am 47 and in full time employment - boss very understanding at the moment. Her memory is pretty good - she remembered I needed to buy cakes for a fundraiser for Alzheimers and I don't doubt she will again pass the mini health exam.
She is getting buses at strange times because she knows there is a chance of meeting me from work (she always got the three o clock bus to meet me) but now she gets the 11 o clock bus because she thinks it is the three o clock or two o clock. Please, does anyone have experience of this. Mum's GP says depression and has prescribed sertraline.
Thank you and all my best wishes
Jan