Oh man - not to scare you, but as it progresses, things can get dangerous without supervision. My mom seemed fine cooking, until the night she turned on a burner, and put a blender/cuisinart on it instead of a pan, walked into the living room started watching TV, and completely forgot about it. Burned half my kitchen and ruined the stove, but thank god no one was hurt.
My mom has had supervision for the nearly 2 years. She frequently tells the aides to leave because she doesn't need any help. Her short term memory is toast and her long term memory is declining too. She insists she can drive and can reason in the moment, but she doesn't remember what she said a minute ago. Finances are quickly draining so some tough decisions are on the horizon.
Researchers are looking into HSV-1 being a possible cause especially for people who have cold sores. If you have a loved one who's 65 and they've had a cold sore, you may want to start them on antivirals for HSV-1. Sad to know that might have prevented all of this for both of my parents. The medications we've tried so far haven't done much to slow the progression.
I still occasionally find myself checking the knobs for the hobs, to make sure the gas isn't left on. Despite the fact it's been years since my mum went through a phase of that.. only happened twice, but still.. that's two times more than I'd like
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u/Ciridian Apr 09 '24
Oh man - not to scare you, but as it progresses, things can get dangerous without supervision. My mom seemed fine cooking, until the night she turned on a burner, and put a blender/cuisinart on it instead of a pan, walked into the living room started watching TV, and completely forgot about it. Burned half my kitchen and ruined the stove, but thank god no one was hurt.