My husband has dementia and, like you, I watched and waited for at least a year trying to choose the right time to say something. In the end he admitted there was a problem when he found he could no longer tell the time and was finding driving very worrying. There are many different forms of dementia and all have different initial aynptoms. I think you are doing the right thing by waiting for the right moment. However it proved a relief to both of us once my husband got a proper diagnosis and started to get support and some treatment. Do keep a note of all the odd problems he encounters and it is useful for you to read up about some of the symptoms. There are simple tests for dementia on line and eventually I persuaded my husband to do one of the paper based tests and showed the results to the GP when we finally went for an opinion. Good luck. I hope in the end it just proves to be a medical problem that can be solved!
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