Hi everyone ,
I have just come across talking point and already found some good points and advice .
My mum started forgetting things around Christmas last year and we gently asked her to see her GP but she refused and then lockdown happened and we didn't realise how bad she was getting as we were preoccupied in keeping her safe from coronavirus.
But this summer it became apparent that her memory was much worse .We tried to persuade her to see her GP but again and again she refused .My mother as always been very domineering and controlling and causes trouble with her family ,but we have always put up with her aggressive behaviour but with her memory loss it is getting her more aggressive.
After trying for weeks to get her to see her doctor I went behind her back and wrote to her doctor to tell him about my concerns ,I asked the doctor not to mention me as I knew she would go mad .I got an email back saying they wouldn't mention me .But unfortunately they told her that her daughter was concerned about her memory .She went mad at me when she came out of doctors and to this day when she remembers she says that it is awful what I've done going to her doctors behind her back .I find this very distressing as I was only trying to help.
A couple of weeks ago she had a memory assessment test ,she didnt know what day it was ,month or year so its quite obvious that her memory is going even though she thinks nothing is wrong ,I'm worried as I know she is forgetting medication and not eating properly. I rang today to see if there was any progress with her diagnosis but they said it hasn't been looked at yet due to backlog during lockdown .
Do you need a head scan for diagnosis or is it done with the memory assessment?
Can you put carers in place once mum as been diagnosed to ensure she takes medication even if she refuses to have them ?
I work fulltime and my sister refuses to help so very stressed about my mum's future
Grateful of any advice
Thank you x
I have just come across talking point and already found some good points and advice .
My mum started forgetting things around Christmas last year and we gently asked her to see her GP but she refused and then lockdown happened and we didn't realise how bad she was getting as we were preoccupied in keeping her safe from coronavirus.
But this summer it became apparent that her memory was much worse .We tried to persuade her to see her GP but again and again she refused .My mother as always been very domineering and controlling and causes trouble with her family ,but we have always put up with her aggressive behaviour but with her memory loss it is getting her more aggressive.
After trying for weeks to get her to see her doctor I went behind her back and wrote to her doctor to tell him about my concerns ,I asked the doctor not to mention me as I knew she would go mad .I got an email back saying they wouldn't mention me .But unfortunately they told her that her daughter was concerned about her memory .She went mad at me when she came out of doctors and to this day when she remembers she says that it is awful what I've done going to her doctors behind her back .I find this very distressing as I was only trying to help.
A couple of weeks ago she had a memory assessment test ,she didnt know what day it was ,month or year so its quite obvious that her memory is going even though she thinks nothing is wrong ,I'm worried as I know she is forgetting medication and not eating properly. I rang today to see if there was any progress with her diagnosis but they said it hasn't been looked at yet due to backlog during lockdown .
Do you need a head scan for diagnosis or is it done with the memory assessment?
Can you put carers in place once mum as been diagnosed to ensure she takes medication even if she refuses to have them ?
I work fulltime and my sister refuses to help so very stressed about my mum's future
Grateful of any advice
Thank you x