My Mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in January this year. I’ve mentioned in a previous post that the diagnosis was given by a nurse over the phone and my Dad who is in his 80s was left to break the bad news. I’m still waiting for a response to my lengthy complaint regarding that debacle and there’s been no effort from the service to apologise or make amends. In February my Mum was commenced on Donepezil 5mg. Another nurse delivered the medication and gave little information about what to expect regarding side effects. There was no f contact from the clinic until a further supply of medication was delivered. four weeks later. At that point my. um had began suffering severe leg cramps which the nurse advised was a side effect. Again there was no contact thereafter. My Mum stopped taking her medication a week after this visit as she wasn’t able to tolerate the leg pain. The nurse duly turned up 10 days ago and my Mum informed her she’d discontinued Donepezil but would be willing to consider alternatives. The nurse said she’d have a word with the consultant but since then there’s been nothing. I’m aware there are other Cholinesterase inhibitors including patches which my Mum might tolerate better. I’m absolutely furious about the woefully inadequate service the clinic has offered and really thought they’d offer a better service after my initial complaint and feel that they will probably now use Covid 19 to justify their practice. I also feel by not providing care the clinic are bulldozing me into this role. I am. it in a position to do this and live 3-4 hours away. Just wondered what other people’s experience of memory clinics had been and whether all of this is normal.