Case Lab · Type A · Foundation

F00

A gradual change over a year

Fatima, 76, a retired shopkeeper, has become increasingly forgetful over the past fourteen months according to her daughter. She repeats questions within the same conversation, has become disoriented finding her way in a shopping centre she has visited for years, and recently made significant errors managing her monthly bills for the first time. Throughout this period she has remained alert and able to hold a conversation, though sometimes loses the thread. She has no history of stroke, no sudden changes, and a recent medical check-up found nothing acutely wrong.