Not quite the place I ever expected to find myself posting, but then I guess we all found that..
My dad in this case, he has got a few memory problems going on now. Having read some of the postings on here his memory trouble seems to have been developing over a much longer time than some. I would have to admit his memory has never been that hot, forgetting names etc - often didn't go down with my girlfriends when I was younger! His hearing is not great either, if there is back ground noise he really struggles to hear what people say.
Some of the things he does now seem to be exaggerations of things he has always done. If he's not interested in something he switches off - propbably some of the reason he doesn't remember stuff, but that's always been the case.
He can vary alot from day to day to, My mum can have a good few days when he is pretty much his normal self then a couple when he seems to be in a different world almost. ( He took the dog for a walk yesterday - forgot the dog! ) Other days even his notoriously bad short term memory seems good.
He's wandered off a few times, driven off without Mum in the car and she's had to run after him, seems if he has to concentrate on one thing, other stuff just goes..
Some of this seemd to start when he started treatment for high blood pressure but it may have been before that, we are talking a good few years though. Things got a chunk worse when my mum went into hospital last year for a week or so, he said he walked in the house and just had a blank on what he needed to do to make dinner and stuff.
Night times seem bad, he'll doze off in the evening and wakeup very confused, then he'll be up at 4am trying to start the day! Normally after one of these nights he is worse that day - being tired really seems to make things alot worse.
One of the biggest problems is getting him to see someone about it, After a few weeks of trying Mum did get him to the Docs on the wease that he was getting his blood pressure treatment checked ( At their docs it takes a phone call with a nurse and the doctor before you can even get an appointment so getting there is a challenge )
The Doc did refer him for a memory test thing after much prodding ( It's just old age apparently ) but when the appoinment came through with Mental Health plastered across the front my Dad just went defensive with a "Your just trying to put me away in a home" type comment and refused to go. They have kept it open with the offer of a home visit should Mum get him to agree.
My mum talks to me about it ( Dad would be upset if he knew how much, she's not supposed to ) but that's about all really. She tends to just go with the flow for now.
It is very frustrating that he won't see a doc preoperly though as he could get help for it.
Well sorry for such a long post, inetested in hearing advicxe and if people have experienced similar along the way.
Scott
My dad in this case, he has got a few memory problems going on now. Having read some of the postings on here his memory trouble seems to have been developing over a much longer time than some. I would have to admit his memory has never been that hot, forgetting names etc - often didn't go down with my girlfriends when I was younger! His hearing is not great either, if there is back ground noise he really struggles to hear what people say.
Some of the things he does now seem to be exaggerations of things he has always done. If he's not interested in something he switches off - propbably some of the reason he doesn't remember stuff, but that's always been the case.
He can vary alot from day to day to, My mum can have a good few days when he is pretty much his normal self then a couple when he seems to be in a different world almost. ( He took the dog for a walk yesterday - forgot the dog! ) Other days even his notoriously bad short term memory seems good.
He's wandered off a few times, driven off without Mum in the car and she's had to run after him, seems if he has to concentrate on one thing, other stuff just goes..
Some of this seemd to start when he started treatment for high blood pressure but it may have been before that, we are talking a good few years though. Things got a chunk worse when my mum went into hospital last year for a week or so, he said he walked in the house and just had a blank on what he needed to do to make dinner and stuff.
Night times seem bad, he'll doze off in the evening and wakeup very confused, then he'll be up at 4am trying to start the day! Normally after one of these nights he is worse that day - being tired really seems to make things alot worse.
One of the biggest problems is getting him to see someone about it, After a few weeks of trying Mum did get him to the Docs on the wease that he was getting his blood pressure treatment checked ( At their docs it takes a phone call with a nurse and the doctor before you can even get an appointment so getting there is a challenge )
The Doc did refer him for a memory test thing after much prodding ( It's just old age apparently ) but when the appoinment came through with Mental Health plastered across the front my Dad just went defensive with a "Your just trying to put me away in a home" type comment and refused to go. They have kept it open with the offer of a home visit should Mum get him to agree.
My mum talks to me about it ( Dad would be upset if he knew how much, she's not supposed to ) but that's about all really. She tends to just go with the flow for now.
It is very frustrating that he won't see a doc preoperly though as he could get help for it.
Well sorry for such a long post, inetested in hearing advicxe and if people have experienced similar along the way.
Scott