01/23/2025
๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ
Here are five other common red flags to look out for.
๐ญ. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐
People with can experience money problems or declining credit scores years before , or other cognitive symptoms, emerge. They might forget to pay their bills, for instance, or no longer be able to stick to a budget.
๐ฎ. ๐ฆ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐
Sleep disorders can become more common as people age, and older adults tend to sleep more lightly and go to bed and wake up a little earlier than they used to โ that is completely normal. But if there are dramatic changes in someoneโs , where they are starting their morning at 3 a.m. or are unable to stay awake during the day, it can be a sign of dementia.
๐ฏ. ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐
Researchers found that people with dementia experienced slight drops in extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness before they showed any signs of cognitive impairment. Those accelerated as more dementia symptoms emerged.
๐ฐ. ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐
Driving is one of the most complex cognitive behaviors people perform every day. can show up as scratches on a car, getting into a fender bender, or running stop signs or stoplights. People may also brake or accelerate suddenly or take turns too fast.
๐ฑ. ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐น๐น
Parts of the brain that control , known as the olfactory system, are among some of the first areas damaged in Alzheimerโs disease and dementia with Lewy bodies; this is also the case for Parkinsonโs disease. Many people with these conditions begin to lose their sense of smell years, or even decades, before other symptoms appear.
Read the NYT article - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/well/mind/dementia-signs-symptoms.html
