The Alzheimer’s Association has defined several common warning signs that may indicate the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. People demonstrating several of these symptoms should consult a physician for a full examination and evaluation. Some common indicators are listed below.

Difficulties with abstract thinking like bill paying or performing basic calculations. Previously simple tasks like balancing a checkbook become very challenging or impossible.

Familiar chores, like preparing meals, become unfamiliar and difficult to perform. Someone with Alzheimer’s may cook dinner and then forget to serve it or forget that they even cooked it in the first place.

Diminished judgment leading to poor wardrobe choices or shopping purchases, etc.

Language issues—struggling for the right word and sometimes substituting inappropriate ones.

Consistently misplacing common objects like keys or glasses, beyond the scope of normal. Often these misplaced items turn up in totally inappropriate places, i.e., a remote in the refrigerator with no recall at all of how it ended up there.

Dramatic personality and mood swings may occur. Someone who is normally a passive personality may suddenly become very aggressive and outspoken.

There may be loss of time and place and general disorientation. An individual with Alzheimer’s may become lost in what should be a familiar place—like on their own street.

Loss of interest and involvement in usual pursuits, whether they be personal, social or professional. Someone who formerly enjoyed the Christmas holidays may now exhibit no interest in them at all.

Repeated memory loss that impacts the workplace and causes confusion at home.

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