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No Cognitive Decline

No subjective complaints of memory deficit. No memory deficit evident on clinical interview.

Global Deterioration Scale © Barry Reisberg, MD

Well that’s reassuring: we’re all at least Stage 1 of dementia, like a ticking time bomb that may, or may not have a detonator. It isn’t very helpful. Is this just some over-analytical chin-stroker trying to be clever; or should I be worried?

If I summarised Mum’s character before she began to suffer from dementia, I would describe a very fun and child-like personality. Mum was out-going, loving, trusting, a little naïve perhaps, perpetually happy, and a little too selfless. She was also dippy, scatty, disorganised, untidy, through-other, and may have been described as happy-go-lucky. Everyone loved Mum, and Mum loved everyone. I don’t think any of these characteristics can be identified as anything other than perfectly normal. However, I accept that most of these characteristics can also be identified as symptoms of something more sinister.