@kartwk my husband has White Matter Disease and vascular dementia. The most important thing for me was getting the neuropsych testing for a “baseline” in the early days of MCI. It was repeated 8 years later- same tests, same tester. Seeing the results of the first testing, I was surprised at the wide spread of deficits. Seeing the results of the second testing, with significant deficits, was comforting in a way, I wasn’t “seeing things”. I had a better idea of what was going on and what I needed to do to plan for our future. My husband enjoyed the testing- said it was “fun”, mentioned “puzzles”.
I quietly made a follow-up appointment to meet the neuropsych guy by myself. I highly recommend this- gave him leeway to be frank and candid, gave me space to ask difficult questions about what this and that meant.
About the rollater- I got my husband one thinking it would help, but he would get going way too fast, get distracted and bump into things, and never got the idea of setting the brakes. It’s gathering dust in the garage now.