Update. A doctor from the memory clinic came out to do the test which wasn't successful because after the first few questions he said he'd like to arrange a scan. My husband obviously felt threatened by this and became uncooperative and surly. After a couple more questions the doctor decided to leave things for now and said he'd arrange for a couple of nurses to come and continue the test in a few weeks time - to which he agreed.
Our lovely doctor had told me that he strongly suspected frontal lobe dementia and what I'm finding strange is that, since he started eating again, except for some memory confusion and getting surly with the clinic doctor, Bob is back to his normal self - in fact a much improved self.
I understood that in early stage dementia signs can come and go, but two months of being cheerful is some sort of a record in our household. Is that normal in the early stages?