my personal view is that they are desperate to get people diagnosed to meet Government targets and that organisations now refuse help to people who are not diagnosed which leaves a massive gap and so many people falling through the safety net of basic information.
It wouldn't be so bad if memory clinics properly supported people but the information coming back strongly indicates that they don't. They could so easily be hubs for making sure people are safe, have all the charity supports in place, have all the benefits in place and the helpline numbers but they don't. They are in the main useless with a load of people getting very high salaries doing what you or I could do so much better.
I am still working but I make sure I go to carers cafes just to give people information and to try to make sure that a small group are well supported. Organisations don't have the time to help people with attendance allowance forms and then the Govt whinge that there isn't take up - of course there isn't - an 85+ year old couple have enough difficulty dealing with the day to day problems of caring without filling in a 50 question booklet in the right way to ensure they get the allowance - makes my brain ache. I'm really good (sorry not pat on the back time lol) at filling in these forms for people and it takes me a few hours. Nightmare
Rant over, but most memory clinics are useless and they could be a great resource