Does anyone have experience of a probable autistic parent developing dementia? I can’t work out whether I should be trying to get a medical assessment when I’ve been told to look after myself and let 85yr parent look after themselves!
Does anyone have experience of a probable autistic parent developing dementia? I can’t work out whether I should be trying to get a medical assessment when I’ve been told to look after myself and let 85yr parent look after themselves!
I suggest getting advice from your parent’s GP.
This might be helpful in the meantime:
I suggest getting advice from your parent’s GP.
My mother's GP wouldn't speak to me because of patient confidentiality.
Not even in a general way and also not when she had an untreated health problem.
I’m going to try the GP tomorrow. Even though they’ve not been seen there for years and take no regular medication. It could just be a water infection I’ve been told