@tiffanyhope12 , is your primary concern having a doctor diagnose her with cognitive decline or dementia? While getting that confirmed has some value, often it doesn’t bring the help we think it will. The reason is that if it’s true, their reasoning is impaired as is judgment and memory. So, they often will not accept the diagnosis. Or, they can’t process it. Or, they keep forgetting about it. I thought that getting my cousin diagnosed would be ideal. But, she couldn’t remember it. It wasn’t like the patient will say oh, ok, so that’s my problem. Now I’m going to do better and make better decisions. It often makes no difference to the patient, except it might help her qualify for services like Memory Care and to get on meds for dementia. My dad took two that helped him a great deal. NOW there are new meds for ALZ, so you could explore that treatment if that’s what she has. To me that option is NOW the best reason for diagnosis. There are some posts around here about those latest injection treatments.

Can you send her doctor a note to check for UTI, med side effects, etc?

Good luck with everything!