Blood test for Dementia; Would you like to know?

That depends on whether knowing would help me or not. If a therapy is available, then yes.
Otherwise, ignorance is bliss, at least for the time being.

Eventually I would find out as I began to lose capacity but until I did I'd rather have peace of mind.
 
Warrigal said:
That depends on whether knowing would help me or not. If a therapy is available, then yes.
Otherwise, ignorance is bliss, at least for the time being.

Eventually I would find out as I began to lose capacity but until I did I'd rather have peace of mind.
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I'm with you. There are tests for other conditions that I wouldn't want either. I magnify everything in my mind and would make things worse for myself. But I do hope that this test proves helpful in the treatment of dementia.
 

I'm a planning-type of person, & I'd want to know so I could tie up loose ends & not leave a mess for my kids, & do whAtever was available to slow the advance. My father had serious memory issues in his early 80's & I lived on the opposite coast with husband & family. He was much older than Mom & I Didn't realize how advanced it was until after she passed away at 60. I was only 26 & had to place him in a VA facility because he no longer could manage alone. Hated to do that, but he had traveled a lot in his working life, & thought he was in a nice hotel that he liked. Felt so sad, to this day but I was an only child with no one to help me.
 
Geezerette said:
I'm a planning-type of person, & I'd want to know so I could tie up loose ends & not leave a mess for my kids, & do whAtever was available to slow the advance. My father had serious memory issues in his early 80's & I lived on the opposite coast with husband & family. He was much older than Mom & I Didn't realize how advanced it was until after she passed away at 60. I was only 26 & had to place him in a VA facility because he no longer could manage alone. Hated to do that, but he had traveled a lot in his working life, & thought he was in a nice hotel that he liked. Felt so sad, to this day but I was an only child with no one to help me.
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So sorry it worked out that way but sounds like it was the most viable option and a blessing that he took it that way.
 
Geezerette said:
I was only 26 & had to place him in a VA facility because he no longer could manage alone. Hated to do that, but he had traveled a lot in his working life, & thought he was in a nice hotel that he liked. Felt so sad, to this day but I was an only child with no one to help me.
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As Gael already said, although it was sad to have to place your father in a VA facility, the fact that he didn't mind it so much and thought of it as a hotel, was the best anyone could have asked for. You did good caring for him towards the end, may your mom and dad both rest peacefully. :rose:
 
I don't know. Do they even really know if dementia is genetic or disease related? Is it like the rest of body if you don't use it you lose it.
 

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