Hi
My dad is 64 and since three weeks ago, his BP was really high and since has lost all confidence in doing very basic tasks without asking multiple questions every day, can't walk properly (says he is unstable on his feet), lost all his appetite and lost a lot of weight. Doesn't sleep at all, which is affecting us in the house. And he is fixated on certain things which are always negative, especially financial things. We give him the answer but he doesn't ever believe us and asks the same things every day. He is highly anxious about that.
He has some private insurance he was paying for, and got a CT scan (results not come in yet). He didn't want to go under the MRI machine for a scan.
Is this a sign of dementia, is there anything we can do to make him understand or sleep, he is just highly agitated all day and personally I'm getting frustrated. The GP just gave us medication to control his BP but no advice on how to deal with him.
Thanks
My dad is 64 and since three weeks ago, his BP was really high and since has lost all confidence in doing very basic tasks without asking multiple questions every day, can't walk properly (says he is unstable on his feet), lost all his appetite and lost a lot of weight. Doesn't sleep at all, which is affecting us in the house. And he is fixated on certain things which are always negative, especially financial things. We give him the answer but he doesn't ever believe us and asks the same things every day. He is highly anxious about that.
He has some private insurance he was paying for, and got a CT scan (results not come in yet). He didn't want to go under the MRI machine for a scan.
Is this a sign of dementia, is there anything we can do to make him understand or sleep, he is just highly agitated all day and personally I'm getting frustrated. The GP just gave us medication to control his BP but no advice on how to deal with him.
Thanks