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[quote=Anonymous]Until about a month ago my mother (82) showed signs of short term memory loss and fairly mild cognitive decline. Example: very hard for her to learn new things, like cell phone or remote but generally independent within an assisted living situation .A few weeks ago she started having back neuropathy and headaches, a UTI (now resolved) dehydration and some other issues that landed her in the hospital. SHe is out now and back at AL and, right now, with a caregiver I hired in addition tothe AL support (they will now give her medications, etc). But in the past few days she seems to go in and out of confusion, a bit of agitation, goes off topic while talking. I called a few neurology places and they have appointments in June or July. I'm hoping to get a better baseline sense earlier, in case I need to change her care situation. I can't tell if this is situational/medication related or a permanent change. Can a PCP diagnose? [/quote]
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