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009 – If Your Aging Parent is Resisting a Memory Loss Evaluation
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In This Episode:
Dr. K explains what you can do, if your aging parent has been refusing to see the doctor for their memory or thinking problems. She covers:
- Why older adults are often reluctant to get medically evaluated for memory loss
- 5 tactics that families can use to try to persuade the older person
- How to trigger less fear of the evaluation
- How to frame the evaluation in a positive way for your parent
- If they are still refusing despite your best efforts
Related episode:
008 – Is it important for your aging parent with memory loss to go to the doctor?
Related Resources:
- Related article: What You Can Do if You’re Worried About “Incompetence”
- Related article: Incompetence & Losing Capacity: Answers to 8 FAQs
- Free online training: Memory Loss & Safety: How to Have Better Talks & Fewer Fights With Your Aging Parent
- Dr. Kernisan’s book: When Your Aging Parent Needs Help: A Geriatrician’s Step-by-Step Guide to Memory Loss, Resistance, Safety Worries, & More
- Get 12 weeks of expert guidance from Dr. K and her team of geriatric care managers, on how & when to step in to help a parent with memory loss: Helping Older Parents with Early Memory Loss Program
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