Memory Tests for Alzheimer's Scare the Caregiver

Today I took Adrian to see a new psychiatrist, and the doctor asked Adrian a few memory questions to check for Alzheimer's.  Whenever that happens, I always try to answer the questions silently, and get anxious when I have trouble.  I think, for example, that the one about drawing a clock showing the time of ten minutes to two is not that easy in these days of digital clocks and watches.  How often do we actually look at clocks to tell the time?  By the time my grand-kids take these tests, the clock question will be totally obsolete.

When the doctor heard that Adrian watches tennis, he asked who won the US Open this year.  Well, I watched those matches with Adrian, and I knew it was Federer who won the mens, but I couldn't think of his name!  As for the womens, I couldn't be sure if Serena did it or not.  Adrian said confidently, "I know it wasn't the Williams sisters." 

Now I have to go look it up because it's driving me crazy!

Well, I was wrong on both counts.  Del Potro won the mens, beating Federer.  And Clijsters won the womens.  

Even the questions about past presidents were a little scary.  I'm glad we didn't have to go back before Bush Senior. 

Whew!