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What Causes Episodes Of Short Term Memory Loss?
My mother is 82 years old. She was widowed 4 years ago after a 58 year marriage to my dad.Since my dad died my sister and I have both noticed a decrease in her mental functioning. She has a terrible short term memory problem and seems to forget a great many things. In addition, she sometimes struggles to recall words of every day items like loveseat. She also gets confused and loses items that are importaant to her, like her glasses. As my sister was driving her back home after she wintered in Florida, mom kept telling her to go south rather than north. Is this normal age related stuff or shoud we talk to her about bringing this up with her doctor? This really wasn t such a noticable issue until my dad died.
Mon, 13 Jun 2016
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If a doctor hasn't evaluated your mother for this, that needs to be done.
The diagnosis may include senile dementia or Alzheimers and there are medications to help with both of those
If a doctor hasn't evaluated your mother for this, that needs to be done.
The diagnosis may include senile dementia or Alzheimers and there are medications to help with both of those
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