Reason for Starting this Blog

I am starting this for several reasons. First and foremost that it may help others understand and see what is going on in the life of my mom and my life with her. My mom is 74 years old and although she totally refuses to go to the Dr. at this point she shows every sign of having dementia/Alhzeimer's. I started a notebook with daily detail of her days and issues on July 1 of this year although this has been going on slowly for several years but the intensity of her memory loss has increased over the past year and really increased over the past 6 months.

Things in the past year ~
*Often not sure of the day and will ask sometimes several times a day (day of week, date, month)
*Will go to the store even with a list and come home very agitated. Will claim they didn't have the item,moved the item, or come home with something different than went after such as going for laundry soap and coming home with dishwasher soap.
*Not able to recall zip code (lived here for over 50 years)
*Trouble understanding paperwork/mail.
*Friend's concerned saying hard to carry on conversation with her as there is a lot of repeating, questions generally answered with "I don't know".
*Trouble at work. Get's agitated and confused if too many people need her attention or if waiting room become busy or loud. Has really hard time with any change. Change in handwriting (noticed at home as well). Not as "together" or "organized" as she always was.
*Took a trip to the graveyard with her. She could not locate my dad's grave which she always knew exactly where it was but could located her parents graves quickly which she could never find unless she started at my dad's grave (parents passed away in 1967 and 1987)
*Often confuses the time frame of happenings. Something she heard on the news days/weeks/months ago she will believe she just heard it.
*Puts items in odd/wrong places or cannot remember where items are located. will look through cupboards to find a glass although glasses have been in the same cupboard for over 40 years.
*Often forgets how to work some items (cell phone, regular phone, stove, microwave)
*Trouble remembering people she worked with. Will talk to them then say "who was that" when they walk away. Often saying that she didn't know them.