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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for posting, OP. These are pretty big signs, I have to say.

I am trying to get my father a cognitive test. His signs are a lot more subtle. There are occasional bursts of temper which he didn't use to have. He talks less than he did before. He drives less. He has anxiety at leaving the house, and traveling outside his city is difficult for him. But he does his taxes, reasons well in all our discussions, does all the grocery shopping and cooking (although it takes him more time).

I think there's something there, and mostly I think that because BOTH his parents had different forms of dementia. I want to get ahead of whatever he is developing.
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There's definitely something there.

My mom had to move into assisted living because she couldn't remember whether she'd taken her meds and because her balance was a problem. She was also becoming quite forgetful in ways beyond the meds, even as she managed most of the things she been doing for decades.

When I was hanging pictures in her new place, I realized I hadn't gotten a pair quite even, and I was about to pull out the nail so I could move the hook. "Wouldn't it be easier to adjust the wire?" Mom asked. Which it would. Duh, me.

After a day of going on and off the step stool, I mentioned that my knees might hurt the next day. "And your glutes," she commented.

So the construction of picture frames and human anatomy? Understood. Getting to the dentist her CCRC had started offering on-site? Impossible. [/quote]

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