Top 10 Early Warning Signs Of Dementia

What’s a harmless momentary mind-blank, and what’s a potential warning sign of dementia? Dementia Careblazers, a dementia care organization, has input:

The signs

With the caveat that this is a list of potential warning signs, not a diagnostic tool, the 10 signs are:

• Memory loss: e.g. forgetting important or well-learned information, such as one’s home address
• Challenges in planning or solving problems: e.g. difficulty with tasks such as paying bills (for organizational rather than financial reasons), following recipes, or managing medications
• Difficulty completing familiar tasks: e.g. trouble remembering rules of a familiar game, or directions to a familiar place
• Confusion with place or time: e.g. forgetting where one is, or making mistakes with the date, season, or other time-related details. Note that anyone can be momentarily unsure of today’s date, but if someone thinks it’s 1995, probably something wrong is not quite right. Similarly, being wrong about who is the current national leader is often used as a test, too—_{^{assuming countries with enough political stability to not have five different national leaders in the past four years, including one who did not outlast a lettuce *side-eyeing the UK*}}
• Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships: e.g. increased clumsiness, difficulty parking, or bumping into objects
• New problems with speaking or writing: e.g. losing track in conversations, or struggling to find the right words
• Misplacing things: e.g. losing items and being unable to retrace one’s steps to find them
• Decreased or poor judgment: e.g. falling for scams, giving out too much information or money without investigating appropriately first
• Withdrawal from social activities or hobbies: e.g. losing interest in activities one used to enjoy or avoiding social interactions
• Changes in mood and personality: e.g. increased irritability, anxiety, or other noticeable changes in behavior and personality

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