Hi All
Forgive me if this has been mentioned many times as i am fairly new to all this with my dear Mom only getting a diagnosis 4 days ago of VaD and patchy AD.
My Mom tok the MMSE test 4 weeks apart and scored same 4 days ago as she did a month ago. From what i can gather on reading up her score (14) seems to indicate moderate dementia. I am wondering if this is a low score for initial diagnosis. While i realise it is only a small part of the diagnosis process she seems to have deterioated very rapidly from when i first thought of the possibility that she could have dementia which was around christmas last.
Of late the psychotic symtoms have increased alarmingly too. I suppose i am worried we are on a big deteriation and the stable days are fast disappearing.
Would it be intrusive to ask anyone else what their relatives scored? I am new to all this and trying to take it all in and whilst sometimes too much info is not a good thing i do keep reading things that could have been totally written about my Mom so i think denial is a luxury i no longer have .
Thanks for "listening" and i wish a good day to any other carers,
K xxxx
Forgive me if this has been mentioned many times as i am fairly new to all this with my dear Mom only getting a diagnosis 4 days ago of VaD and patchy AD.
My Mom tok the MMSE test 4 weeks apart and scored same 4 days ago as she did a month ago. From what i can gather on reading up her score (14) seems to indicate moderate dementia. I am wondering if this is a low score for initial diagnosis. While i realise it is only a small part of the diagnosis process she seems to have deterioated very rapidly from when i first thought of the possibility that she could have dementia which was around christmas last.
Of late the psychotic symtoms have increased alarmingly too. I suppose i am worried we are on a big deteriation and the stable days are fast disappearing.
Would it be intrusive to ask anyone else what their relatives scored? I am new to all this and trying to take it all in and whilst sometimes too much info is not a good thing i do keep reading things that could have been totally written about my Mom so i think denial is a luxury i no longer have .
Thanks for "listening" and i wish a good day to any other carers,
K xxxx