My stepmum was diagnosed with 2 variations of dementia but I'm unsure what to expect ongoing from the diagnosis from the memory clinic. She has been prescribed memory tablets and has been invited to attend the wellbeing group once weekly (with my dad if she prefers) but she hated it when I took her so refuses to go. I've been told the clinic will see her in 12 months but my personal feeling is that this can be a long time in the dementia stakes. Since diagnosis she has had a fall and a TIA and been hospitalised for a couple of weeks. When I last rang the clinic to ask for guidance I was told not to be negative and to celebrate what she CAN do and to see the glass as half full, not half empty. I am a realist, and try to put things in place to make things easier for my dad (he is 90 and they both live at home, and he is her main carer) but I need to know they are on the case and I also need to know how to plan ahead. I realise carers and care homes cannot be put in place overnight. Any ideas, please? My dad, bless him, thinks that, if he looks after her well, she will get better. I try to have open and honest discussions with him and he realises deep down what is happening, but he sees it as his duty to care for her.