Hi. Wonder if anyone else has experience of someone with dementia regularly supplying doctors with mis-information about their health? We're finding that it leads to lots of unnecessary prescriptions and investigations, which is worrying.
My mum is moving from the mild to moderate level of severity. She goes to doctors a lot - every time she doesn't feel "quite right" (which is often) she makes an appointment. But often the reason she doesn't feel right is not problematic.
For example, she recently flew back to the States from London (she lives in the States) and had jetlag. Understandably, she felt really tired. So she made an appointment with her doctor, and ended up being referred for blood tests and given a host of new medications (she's already taking a lot). My brother (who lives close to her in the States) then had to spend 2 hours explaining to medical professionals that the fatigue was probably related to jetlag. As he works 6 days a week for 10 hours a day, taking out this time to sort these situations is difficult. He's trying to attend more of her medical appointments with her, but again this is hard with his work schedule.
So does anyone else have experience of this sort of situation and what do/did you do?
Thanks
My mum is moving from the mild to moderate level of severity. She goes to doctors a lot - every time she doesn't feel "quite right" (which is often) she makes an appointment. But often the reason she doesn't feel right is not problematic.
For example, she recently flew back to the States from London (she lives in the States) and had jetlag. Understandably, she felt really tired. So she made an appointment with her doctor, and ended up being referred for blood tests and given a host of new medications (she's already taking a lot). My brother (who lives close to her in the States) then had to spend 2 hours explaining to medical professionals that the fatigue was probably related to jetlag. As he works 6 days a week for 10 hours a day, taking out this time to sort these situations is difficult. He's trying to attend more of her medical appointments with her, but again this is hard with his work schedule.
So does anyone else have experience of this sort of situation and what do/did you do?
Thanks