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Is it MCI or Dementia?

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Aug 4 11:04am | Replies (51)

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Louisiana. We fight over the hearing aides and glasses all the time but I have found it is partly because he forgets them. He also was uncomfortable with hearing aides and type glasses so we changed both and he is doing much better. It wasn’t until he failed the wellness test for cognition that we started getting help. Did PCP even do a cognitive wellness check? Insist on one, it is very easy and short in regular office visit.

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Same here, my girlfriend suggested I put the hearing aids on the table at breakfast. I remembered one day and in the evening when we watched the tv he said it was too loud. Almost hysterical since I have been listening to it loud for years. He has an appointment in a couple of weeks I will mention it to the doctor. He does realize he cannot remember where everything is sometimes but he does not associate it with mcl. I have not pushed it because he already feels bad that he does not remember which doesn’t happen all the time.
We have him on his schedule, still showers, teeth, dishes, garbage etc on his own. I can go for a walk and he is okay which makes me think he is still at the beginning. I think I have been in denial also because when I think about it I noticed the odd think back in 2019. Not enough to consider mcl. Thanks for your input. It’s nice to discuss this with someone going through the same thing.