HI Everyone! My mother in law (MIL) is 75 and over the last two years she has visited us about every 6 months. EAch time she seems to be significantly reduced in her cognitive abilities. My husband tried to talk to her the last time he was here but it didn't go well. My husband and brother in law want me to try and talk to her. Any one dealt with the following
symptoms:
1. Hard of hearing - refuses to spend the money to get hearing aids. Claims the world doesn't pronunciate well and its our (the worlds) problem not hers. She gets really close to you becuase she said she is learning to read lips. She however can understand me fine - I grew up with a very hard of hearing grandfather. I talk loud.
2. I believe she has stopped reading books.
3. She has no clue how she impacts other people - she comes across rude, self centered and occassionally thoughtless.
4. She has a hard time comprehending you if you aren't telling her what she thinks she wants to hear (does that make sense?)
5. She is visiting us right now even though we asked her not to - we are in huge transition - moving, new jobs, new schools etc. She came anyway - she thought it would be fine if I slept in a tent outside (I live in Maine) for the 12 days she is here. She wasn't like that before she would have offered to stay in a motel or something.
6. She uses the same glass for several days in a row and gets visiably and verbally upset if you take the glass to wash it.
7. She must have at least one 1/2 gallon of icecream unopened in the refrigerator at all times.
8. She is socially extremely needed.
9. She can't remember names of things like the type of stone in her favorite ring - its an opel.
10. She butts into conversations, is confused by them and then mumbles stuff that doesn't make any sense.
11. She is easily confused by the normal activities of a family but craves to be part of them.
12. She is addicted to Spider Solitaire on the computer and gets anxious and testy if she can't play when she wants to for how long she wants to. She actually laughs if she wins - like a little girl - kind of a squeal.
Do those of you who have been dealing with for a while think this is just age or does she have a problem? She is on a statin drug which made my mother completely ignorant when she took it (1+1 did not =2 nor was it math). She is also on some sort of hormone therapy for something. Other than that physcially fit. She is lonely I do not that but she has aliented most of her friends.
Best part she thinks she is fine. Is it okay do you think for me to get her doctors name of her pill bottles and contact her? My husband has POA along with his brother.
Altho, there had been other signs of AD, this made it hit home for my dad. 
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