How mum reacted to dementia screening tests

I remember you telling me about mum's experience of having these dementia screen tests and the memory tests and the questions being asked her. How did mum take those? Oh they were wonderful. One, she hated it and they would ask her questions like who's the Prime Minister? She had no idea. What was the date? She had no idea. Who was the Queen, she had no idea. And she would get sarcastic. So, you know, a doctor would say, because she'd gone in because of a urinary tract infection, so obviously that affects the brain and you get a bit, you know, a bit dozy with that. And they would say, she's got dementia. Yes, she has dementia. Oh, well, we'll ask questions. And every time the same questions. I don't see the purpose. Ask the family. I can understand the beginning, you know, when you get someone in, in the beginning, you need to sort of find what level they're at. Yeah. And I know, you know, as they go further downhill, because the level goes downhill, but you know, to be honest, you don't prove anything. The family can tell you more. You don't ask, remember number 25 and then two minutes later, after what number they called out, she would have no idea. And she would make her angry. She got so angry at the people. The questions themselves, do you think they're fear in terms of, you know, the day of the week? No, I think it's stupid. If you're not working and... Well, I don't work anymore. I can tell you the day. I, not often, I could tell you the date. And unless I don't read a newspaper, so I don't see the time unless I'm on the computer I don't know what the date was specifically. I know the day because I'm not working anymore Well, if I need the day, you know, I'll get off the computer if it's relevant but I just find There's silly questions. Who's the Prime Minister? Well, I mean she didn't care I asked who was the Queen. She said I don't know. She's not my friend You know, I used to think, oh God, they're off, you know, who are these people, who am I, where are you? You know, and I used to say, you're making her angry because you're making her think she's stupid. And I think that is the thought. People with dementia, you think, have really lost the plot. They don't know nothing from nothing. they're really dozy or whatever but they're not, they're locked in their brain, they're locked so they can't they're not as quick and they can't function but they know what you're talking about so when somebody says who are you they know who they are and they find it irritating I think think they find it, you know, as though, well what do you think, oh I'm really stupid. I mean they asked who me and my sister were, who are these people, I don't know. And then when the doctor went out of the room, she said, does she think I'm, and she did swear but I won't, she said do they think I'm really stupid, I know you're my daughters. But she got angry. And the silly question is, who cares who the Prime Minister is? Ask the family. Once you've diagnosed with dementia and you're further down the line, ask the family what they're doing. They know.