Hello,
I am hoping to get some insight into my mother's recent diagnosis of vascular dementia. She is 74 and healthy (active withlow blood pressure and has not had a stroke or heart attack that we are aware of), but she has been forgetful for the last 10 years and has got alot worse in the last 6 months with serious episodes of confusion and an inability to recognize my father on an almost daily basis.
Can anyone help with the following:
1) She has been prescribed with medication ( I don't know which drug) but do these actually work?
2) How long will she likely live? I am horrified by the idea of her wasting away in a care home.
Thanks in advance for your input.
I am hoping to get some insight into my mother's recent diagnosis of vascular dementia. She is 74 and healthy (active withlow blood pressure and has not had a stroke or heart attack that we are aware of), but she has been forgetful for the last 10 years and has got alot worse in the last 6 months with serious episodes of confusion and an inability to recognize my father on an almost daily basis.
Can anyone help with the following:
1) She has been prescribed with medication ( I don't know which drug) but do these actually work?
2) How long will she likely live? I am horrified by the idea of her wasting away in a care home.
Thanks in advance for your input.