I should know this as mam had Alzheimer’s for 10 years, diagnosed.
Dad has been showing signs for 12 months or more but seems to be deteriorating much more rapidly. I’m sure covid isolation hasn’t helped, along with mam’s death almost a year ago & of course he is now living alone.
He is well aware he has no short term memory & I think also aware he is getting worse.
My problem is, I don’t think he will agree to any tests or a diagnosis. He never wanted to learn anything about Alzheimer’s with mam, said “I know as much as I need to”.
It’s now at the point where I’m getting concerned for his safety. He’s been stuck in the house for months, yet this afternoon he told me he’d got the bus to the main street & gone to the barbers for a haircut. He also went to the cobblers to pick up a watch, that isn’t there. He then went to 2 shops to buy a bottle of whiskey, neither of which sell alcohol, Boyes & Wilko!
He (obviously) didn’t remember that I’d told him the day before not to get the bus anywhere, I would take him in the car.
Back to my question, would there be any advantage right now if dad had a diagnosis? Bearing in mind when I arranged carers to administer meds to mam, he stopped it. That reminds me, confused re his meds too, only 2 of them, very healthy 87 yr old otherwise,
Dad has been showing signs for 12 months or more but seems to be deteriorating much more rapidly. I’m sure covid isolation hasn’t helped, along with mam’s death almost a year ago & of course he is now living alone.
He is well aware he has no short term memory & I think also aware he is getting worse.
My problem is, I don’t think he will agree to any tests or a diagnosis. He never wanted to learn anything about Alzheimer’s with mam, said “I know as much as I need to”.
It’s now at the point where I’m getting concerned for his safety. He’s been stuck in the house for months, yet this afternoon he told me he’d got the bus to the main street & gone to the barbers for a haircut. He also went to the cobblers to pick up a watch, that isn’t there. He then went to 2 shops to buy a bottle of whiskey, neither of which sell alcohol, Boyes & Wilko!
He (obviously) didn’t remember that I’d told him the day before not to get the bus anywhere, I would take him in the car.
Back to my question, would there be any advantage right now if dad had a diagnosis? Bearing in mind when I arranged carers to administer meds to mam, he stopped it. That reminds me, confused re his meds too, only 2 of them, very healthy 87 yr old otherwise,