My mother has been diagnosed with mild dementia

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6. I'm sorry. It must be very frustrating, dealing with all this at a distance. Unfortunately, dementia

is common, and the older people get, the more likely they are to develop it, from one cause or another. So maybe this doctor isn't taking this seriously enough because he sees so much of it.

Unfortunately, saying someone has a little "dementia" is a bit like saying they have a "virus." Not all that helpful.

I'm hoping what your mother had was temporary delirium in connection with the seizure. If that's what it was, then she may or may not also have the beginnings of dementia.

Also, you should always rule out medical causes when there are sudden changes in a senior's cognitive status. Sometimes something as simple as a urinary tract infection or a sinus infection can cause symptoms of dementia, and once they're cured, the elderly person is back to normal. And this can happen to an elderly person with real dementia, too -- a person with Alzheimers can suddenly seem to deteriorate, and then it turns out they have an infection that's made everything worse.