Hi, my partners step-mom is definitely showing all the signs of dementia. She's very forgetful, where i can tell her something and within less than 5 minutes she has forgotten and asked me again. She's very disorientated all the time, withdrawn from any social activities, forgets where her husband has gone even though she's just spoken to him on the phone. She keeps asking when he is going to pick her mum up who died 25+ years ago. Those are just some examples.
However she is refusing to admit she has a problem, and when the subject is brought up she gets incredibly angry with my father in law. Its really getting him down and i really want to help him get her to the doctors but she wont go. He has spoken to her GP and without her voluntarily going in he wont do anything. Which she of course wont.
Is there any advice anyone can offer on getting more support from the doctors? Without physically cuffing her and dragging her in my father in law wont be able to get her i voluntarily.
However she is refusing to admit she has a problem, and when the subject is brought up she gets incredibly angry with my father in law. Its really getting him down and i really want to help him get her to the doctors but she wont go. He has spoken to her GP and without her voluntarily going in he wont do anything. Which she of course wont.
Is there any advice anyone can offer on getting more support from the doctors? Without physically cuffing her and dragging her in my father in law wont be able to get her i voluntarily.