I have been dealing with the same issue with my Mom’s memory loss. They were seeing a medical provider (PA) who was not taking Mom’s memory issues seriously while encouraging her to take OTC Prevagin. I was able to transition them both to Villages Health and Mom has an appointment with a neurologist who can do a proper evaluation. The villages health has an entire department dedicated to memory loss/dementia and will provide cognitive assessments. They also have various programs in place for caregiver support. The thing about dementia is that it will not get better, only progress. Good luck with the process.
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Originally Posted by billethkid
I have done a TOTV search and found not much for the issue of memory loss/evaluation/care giving/etc.
We are trying to help a very close friend whose spouse "may be" in the early stages of memory loss (other than what is expected for normal aging)
The current challenge is how to 'help' when the person is not aware they have a problem.
Thus far the internet has yielded too general offerings.
Just trying to take advantage of early stage assessment means/experience(s) that may be available.
We fully understand the risk of flak/crap that sometimes come from such an open forum. However over the past 20 years....we have experienced the value added that is usually made available
here in TV.
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