Have a little google of Mild cognitive Impairment..MCI. It is a condition that starts as slightly worse than old age forgetfulness etc but not dementia. Some cases do proceed to dementia but not all, others often live with it for 10,15 years.
I am currently going through this with my husband, a year ago, some behaviors that were “not him” became very noticeable, especially in company. Nothing major, but having always been sociable but ultra polite, it was as though he was not “getting” the conversation and butting in..and not always about what everyone else was talking about, albeit in a quite exciteable manner .which he would never have done before. His short term memory is only slightly affected, but his executive skills - planning, organizing, arranging things on phone etc have very much deteriorated. We recently moved home and bless him, he wasn’t able to help in any way with any of the arrangements. He is an avid crossworder but complains of not being able to find “that last word”.
Having worked with dementia folk for many years, I have been aware of the possibilities of MCI but have chosen to just watch and wait.
2 weeks ago however, another issue raised its head when being very tired, he became stressed /irritable with our grandchildren and raised his voice which has never happened before.
We started to talk about all of the above and he admitted he was getting a little concerned re his memory etc. We realized it was time to look into it and asked Dr for request to memory service. Even if very minor.,at least we will have a base line to work from in the future.
Brain scan yesterday..,awaiting results...
Anger management!!! Help needed.