Well my husband has started forgetting his cell phone number, and what year it is......

[wackadoo wabbit]

25. Your PCP should be able to administer a MoCa exam, which is a simple test for cognitive impairment

That's the "person man woman camera TV" test.

If your doctor finds evidence of impairment, s/he should refer your husband to a neurologist, who will be able to administer more tests to determine if and, if so, what type of dementia your husband might have.

If your husband does indeed have Mild Cognitive Impairment or early-stage Alzheimer's, please don't worry! There's hope!

Dr. Dale Bredesen, a professor of neurology at UCLA, has reversed both. For example, business-owners who were so impaired that they'd had to stop work because of their dementia were able to return to their businesses again. As long as it's caught in time (Bredesen's protocol didn't help a subject with late-stage Alzheimer's; the theory is that the patient's brain was just too far gone), impairment/dementia can be reversed.

Tbh, even if doctors find that your husband is fine, he might want to start on the Bredesen protocol anyway. You don't have to be far gone for it to help. Although I can pass a MoCa with no problem and my neuropsychological exam looked just fine, I do have an APOe4 allele (the "Alzheimer's gene" ) and have had multiple TBIs, which leads my neurologist to worry about my future prospects. But since I've been on the Bredesen protocol (and, honestly, I'm not all that stringent: although no sugar is allowed, I had 3 cookies today), my mind is sharper than it's been in years.

Please let me know if you're interested in any more information or if you'd like me to send you links to some of Dr. Bredesen's papers, in which he describes the improvements in his patients.

I wish you and your husband much good health, including cognitive health!