It will be very interesting to see the result of this study. I have looked at the weblink and although the participants are looking after patients at home, we all were at one stage. The three year study should conclude perhaps early next year so it will be interesting yo see what is the conclusion. In my own example, yesterday I had a busy morning and on the last stretch home turned right at the junction instead of left. I had to do a two mile detour! Mind must have been somewhere else although I do drive very safely. I am thinking though of changing to an automatic car as I sometimes find myself in the wrong gear! Good visit yesterday, I am now cutting them to every other day. I have realis d Thai I have been subconsciously thinking that me going every day is going to help him get better no it isn't unfortunately.
I've been through the first phases of the study, and should be due to do another bout of testing this Summer - but my husband went into full time care last September, so I'm not sure if I'm still eligible. Haven't heard from them yet, so I'll see when they get in touch. Have to say, I was really nervous about the tests - it was two hours of memory/cognitive and concentration tests. But I did better than I thought, once I got into the swing of it. Some we skipped - the mathematical section, after I explained that I never would have been able to do those, not just since being a carer - but some quite complex things, she said I had actually got much further (sequencing letters and numbers) than anyone had. Gave my confidence a great boost, I have to say!
I do know what you mean about the concentration though, and the affects of stress on that. Around the couple of months when my husband was going into full time care, I locked my keys in the car three times in less than a month, and one day I had to pull in and stop on the road, as I suddenly had absolutely no clue where I was going! Couldn't remember at all, whether I was going to my daughters, or to town, or to work! It was a very frightening experience. It took about 30 seconds sitting in the car on the side of the road, before it came to me. So many things affect us. I had major surgery in November last year, and although I had been told the anaesthetic can affect a person for several months after - I just hadn't realised! Talk about brain fog! But things like that do get better, once the stress has lessened.