Serious question for OT med professionals

Not a doctor or in the medical field but almost positive that a very mild situation could remain very mild but would depend on the actual cause. A lot of people jump straight to the very progressive ones that result in mentally losing your loved one but that’s not the only possible outcome. If the doctor is telling you very mild, non concerning etc, hopefully it isn’t something that will be escalating much and it’ll just be the current symptoms. Obviously ask all the questions though.

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Seriously, I tell everyone that will listen, ask direct questions of your healthcare provider. I don’t understand why people are hesitant to do this. As if there is some unwritten code of not questioning them. If the provider can’t answer your questions or doesn’t want to then find another provider. Not being able to answer / explain to the patient a diagnosis or treatment is a huge red flag.

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If you've seen some the sorry SOB's I have encountered you'd understand them not asking.

Couple the piss poor education system with an educated jerk SOB and you've got a prime example of why patients and their families don't ask questions. Ignorant (meaning uneducated) trying to get info out some self absorbed, narcissistic, under pressure to make rounds or stick to workload demands = sometimes downright verbal abuse toward everyone in an area.

Now as to why not seek someone else? Dr. shortages, shortages of physicians in the participating insurance plan, financial considerations, or even surgical expertise. If the world's greatest cancer Dr. or brain surgeon is available but a total jerk are you gonna settle for some noname fresh outta med school or tolerate the great skills despite the pt. interactions being downright atrocious?

I've seen surgeons who literally throw objects in the OR, including a scalpel at a sales rep.. Surgeons and hospitalists who literally berate patients due to being exasperated by the low IQ being non compliant for economic or unable to understand reasons. There are some medical professionals who should spend some time in the prison time over their treatment of patients but don't because their skills/knowledge are in demand.

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I've seen surgeons who literally throw objects in the OR, including a scalpel at a sales rep

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That surgeon should be given a medal.

Surgeons as a whole can be far different than say internal medicine doctors or cardiologists.

General surgeons develop a god complex as they determine who lives or dies. IMHO.

ER / ED docs are adrenaline junkies - not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Pediatricians a primary care physicians seem the friendliest docs I’ve ever known.

Is the dementia related to another illness or disease??

Interesting turn of thread. Hopefully the originsl question will get a few more answers.

Dementia is a medical term for senility. It can be caused by Alzheimers, vascular issues in the brain and other diseases like lewy body disease, etc. Early simply means that. It can take years to progress. Look it up on wikipedia.

Sounds like you screwed up on you shift yesterday, Karen RN.

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General surgeons develop a god complex as they determine who lives or dies. IMHO. 

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General surgeons? No, not unless your gallbladder is all that's keeping you alive.

anything from memory/attentiveness is slipping a bit to early signs of alzheimers