hi all
My husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in April of last year it was thought that he was about two and a half years into the disease and his initial MMse score was 18. With Reminyl he has improved on his mmse score to 22/23 when last tested in June .
My concern is that his speach and comprehension ability has worsened dramatically. He doesn't seem to understand if he is asked to do something I thought at first it was the short term memory problem but even if he is asked to pass something to me he repeats the request 2 or three times before attempting to do anything and then will look at where the object is and still not recognise what he is supposed to be doing. He often speaks gibberish and gets words mixed up. I have discovered this morning that his writing is also deteriorating he has difficulty signing his name and when I wrote his name and address for him he was unable to copy it down.
He is not due to see his CPN for another 6 months should I leave it until then or should I speak to his CPN about this sudden drop in ability? I thought I would ask the TP members what they thought and ask if anyone else has experience of these symptoms.
thanks
Judith
My husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in April of last year it was thought that he was about two and a half years into the disease and his initial MMse score was 18. With Reminyl he has improved on his mmse score to 22/23 when last tested in June .
My concern is that his speach and comprehension ability has worsened dramatically. He doesn't seem to understand if he is asked to do something I thought at first it was the short term memory problem but even if he is asked to pass something to me he repeats the request 2 or three times before attempting to do anything and then will look at where the object is and still not recognise what he is supposed to be doing. He often speaks gibberish and gets words mixed up. I have discovered this morning that his writing is also deteriorating he has difficulty signing his name and when I wrote his name and address for him he was unable to copy it down.
He is not due to see his CPN for another 6 months should I leave it until then or should I speak to his CPN about this sudden drop in ability? I thought I would ask the TP members what they thought and ask if anyone else has experience of these symptoms.
thanks
Judith