Those cognitive tests are a joke. My landlord passed several of them during the past few years, and his family accepted that he was mentally fine, even though I've all but been screaming for years that he has dementia. Finally, only two months ago, he had deteriorated so badly that he has been in medical facilities ever since, is never coming home, and one of his doctors has advised the family that his dementia is advanced...
Yeah. I swear my nana had early onset in her 30’s!! She’s always been flighty/quirky. She was diagnosed with mild impairments for a decade before she fell into a brain malfunction and lost her ability to talk/ walk. They labeled her mild…. Never moderate until her last two years. It must take a million points of contention before they throw out a moderate to severe diagnosis. I wonder if the insurance companies have something to do with it.
In the case of my landlord, no doctors were involved until recently. So, insurance coverage wasn't an issue, either (Medicare is his only medical coverage). The cognitive tests were given by social workers from the local Adult Protective Services agency. Apparently, my landlord's family was all too willing to accept the results of those stupid tests, and to remain in denial of the obvious problem.
Those cognitive tests are a joke. My landlord passed several of them during the past few years, and his family accepted that he was mentally fine, even though I've all but been screaming for years that he has dementia. Finally, only two months ago, he had deteriorated so badly that he has been in medical facilities ever since, is never coming home, and one of his doctors has advised the family that his dementia is advanced...
Yeah. I swear my nana had early onset in her 30’s!! She’s always been flighty/quirky. She was diagnosed with mild impairments for a decade before she fell into a brain malfunction and lost her ability to talk/ walk. They labeled her mild…. Never moderate until her last two years. It must take a million points of contention before they throw out a moderate to severe diagnosis. I wonder if the insurance companies have something to do with it.
In the case of my landlord, no doctors were involved until recently. So, insurance coverage wasn't an issue, either (Medicare is his only medical coverage). The cognitive tests were given by social workers from the local Adult Protective Services agency. Apparently, my landlord's family was all too willing to accept the results of those stupid tests, and to remain in denial of the obvious problem.