mild to moderate MCI

Welcome. If your husband has not already had a brain MRI and PET scan, that is your next step to determine if Alzheimer’s or another disease is causing his MCI. There are blood tests now that test for Alzheimer’s. You can have MCI and not have Alzheimer’s disease. Get a referral for a geriatric psychiatrist for medication for your husband’s agitation. Don’t argue with him. His reasoning is broken. Accept the blame for whatever he thinks you did. Arguing with him will get you nowhere. As others have suggested, get your legal affairs in order now. You will have to take over all finances at some point. Get a list of all accounts with log in and passwords. Put all bills on auto pay. Get the same for computers and phone. Make sure your husband signs HIPPA forms to allow you access to doctors and medical records. Put TILE gps trackers on phones, wallet, keys, purse. They track the items and the person through an app on your phone. If there is a Mayo Clinic near you, get him into The HABIT Program. It will help both of you deal with this. Start using Brain HQ online games. It will help build neurons in the part of his brain that isn’t impaired. Look at The Pointer Study and Dr. Dean Ornish’s Lifestyle Program. This is how you slow it up. Come back here for help, The people here are extremely knowledgeable and supportive.

It's always sad to hear about his decline. Everyone's experience is a little (or a lot) different. Our path (now 10 years) began with an MCI diagnosis. I was told at the time by our psychologist that MCI can lead to AD but it doesn't always. Two years later she suggested Alzheimer's or some form of dementia had taken over and my DW should see a neurologist. We did and the diagnosis was AD. I hope your husband might have a more positive experience, but my suggestion is to get a diagnosis for him and then do the very best you can for him. God bless.

Yes. Keep the book hidden and read while she is sleeping.