We waited for a date for a CT scan which eventually came 5 months later in July 2006. The two mentioned we have not seen for 7 years, although I am in touch with them as much as is possible via email, TEXT, occasional phone calls. Even without dementia my husbnad would have had difficulty remembering names and ages of six grandchildren he very seldom saw. Also b) after a divorce two of one daughter's three children had from a young age been living with their father and we saw even less of them. Mainly because a) they lived some distance from us (150 miles and over 400 miles)and we did not see them often. He did poorly when questioned about our family. Also his own personality and personal circumstances played some part in questions she asked him. I did not think he was as far down the line, the main problem was memory, some confusion at times and mood swings. She told him he had dementia and was "quite far down the line" and was talking about the various drugs she could prescribe later.
First we were interviewed together, then husband alone, then me alone, then both together again. Anyway, she referred him to a Memory Clinic where he saw a female specialist (Psychiatrist?) in February 2006. GP did the usual short test, husband was OK with some questions, not with others and defensively said "Does it matter?" that he did not know the year, month, date although (then) knew the day. An incident brought it to a head in November 2005 and I made a GP appointment for both of us, about my husband's "memory problems", which he angrily denied and was very defensive. I realized my husband was developing signs of dementia over the 3 years or so before diagnosis, mentioned it three times during that period to my GP with no response. My husband was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2006 What exactly is a CPN (Community Psychiatric Nurse) supposed to do, what are his/her duties? Do male dementia patients have male CPNs and female patients female CPNs? We did actually have a male CPN visit us several times over some months.
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