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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do not leave this person alone. Must be monitored 24/7. Sorry.

Absolutely no driving. Hide the keys/their license. Remove car battery if you must.

No showering w/o supervision and I suggest a shower chair. No up/down stairs without assistance. No in/out bed without assistance.

Likely a written memory type standardized test will be administered in office.

Make certain DH or other responsible party takes notes during appointment or record on your phone.

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Good advice, to which I’d add:
 unplug or disable stove. 
Install scald guard on bath and faucets.
[b]Remove or cover mirrors. [/quote][/b]

Can you explain this? I’m dealing with a recently diagnosed parent and the other parent is both in denial and covering up for spouse and has been for quite some time. The other things mentioned make sense, but why cover up mirrors? Do they get startled or scared of their own reflections? [/quote]

Yes. First, my mother called the police to report an intruder. Then I went to see her and realized who the intruder was - herself. Without the lights on, it looked like a dark figure. With the lights on, it was someone she couldn’t recognize. She actually yelled at the mirror and said the intruder was yelling at her, when it was her own voice she heard. All the mirrors became a problem eventually, she simply did not recognize her aged self or was haunted by the reflections of light or images in general. She’d try to reach through them to grab objects that were in front of her. She’d take them off the wall and move them, which is terribly dangerous. 
Sigh. [/quote]

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