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10 Early Signs of Alzheimer's
- 1. 10 Early Signs of Alzheimer’s or other parts of Dementia
- 2. 1. Memory loss that disrupts daily life forgetting dates of events need to rely on an memory aids (ex. electronic devices) asking the same questions repeatedly
- 3. Age related: Sometimes forgetting names or appointments, but remembering them later.
- 4. 2. Challenges in planning or solving problems can’t concentrate can't follow numbers forget monthly bills trouble following familiar recipes
- 5. Age related: Making occasional errors when balancing a checkbook.
- 6. 3. Difficulty completing familiar tasks at home, at work, or at leisure problems completing daily tasks can’t drive to familiar places can't manage a budget remembering rules of a game
- 7. Age related: Occasionally needing help to use the settings on a microwave or to record a television show.
- 8. 4. Confusion with time or place lose track of time, seasons, or dates forget where they are do not know how they got somewhere
- 9. Age related: Getting confused about the day of the week but figuring it out later.
- 10. 5. Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships vision problems difficulty reading or judging distance can't differentiate between colors or contrast
- 11. Age related: Vision changes related to cataracts.
- 12. 6. New problems with words in speaking or writing trouble following or joining a conversation stop in the middle of a conversation no idea how to continue a conversation may repeat the same point
- 13. Age related: Sometimes having trouble finding the right word.
- 14. 7. Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps may place assets in unusual places or lose assets unable to go back over their steps may blame others of stealing
- 15. Age related: Misplacing things from time to time and retracing steps to find them.
- 16. 8. Decreased or poor judgement pay less attention to themselves and not properly groom themselves poor judgement or decision-making
- 17. Age related: Making a bad decision once in a while.
- 18. 9. Withdrawal from work or social activities may remove themselves from hobbies, social activities, work projects or sports may forget how to complete a hobby or their favorites sports team avoid social settings due to personal changes recently
- 19. Age related: Sometimes feeling weary of work, family and social obligations.
- 20. 10. Changes in mood or personality become confused, suspicious, depressed, fearful or anxious upset at work, home, and/or places out of their comfort zone
- 21. Age related: Developing very specific ways of doing things and becoming irritable when a routine is disrupted.
- 22. If you feel like you or someone you love associates with the symptoms then consult a doctor.