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Look up Mild Cognitive Impairment on the net. There are several good articles that describe symptoms.
Are there safety issues here? Does she forget to turn off the stove? Might she take medications twice? Keeping her safe will involve the same measures whether she has dementia or not. Keep her safe.
Is Mom cool with seeing a doctor? Having an evaluation would be good. For now, treat her as a dear old lady with some memory problems. Keep her safe.
Whatever way you can get your mom to a specialist, you should try. There are health issues which will affect her quality of life and yours! You should find out what she has, and how far it has progressed so that you and your family can understand and be prepared.
There are also medications depending on her behaviors. They will not prevent but can reduce her behaviors and assist you in caring for her.
I do not recommend doing nothing because if she has Alzheimer's or another type of dementia, there is a lot of changes for her and you in the future.
Best of luck and blessings to you!
Just for my own curiosity as to his abilities I gave him my own memory test a year ago. I had to be foxy about it, like:
Dad, I need to get your a birthday card. When's your birthday?
Grandkid wants to send you a card. Is the address here still the same?
The credit card people need some info. What's your soc number?
And so on. Spaced it over an evening of tv watching.
He got most stuff right, particularly long term memory issues. Short term was terrible. Day, year, president etc.
Not professional but at least I know where we are.
Does Mom like watching game shows? There are cable networks that show the older game shows from the 1950's and 1960's.