How Should I Handle Co-worker with Memory Problems
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Q. I am an office administrator in a very small office (just me, my boss, and my assistant; only my boss is full time). My assistant, a 71-year-old female, has been here a year. She has been having memory/retention problems and confusion. At first I figured it was just adjusting to a new job, but it seems worse lately. She understands things when you explain them, but does not retain the information. She or I write down instructions but she forgets to look at them. She seems to be backsliding and unable to do tasks that she could do a few months ago. You can give her only one thing to do at a time, even with written lists, or she gets them completely ...
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