FAQs: What are the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease?

The most common warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are:

Asking the same question or repeating the same story over and over again
Forgetting how to do activities that were previously routine, such as cooking, making repairs, or playing cards
Losing the ability to handle money or balance a checkbook
Getting lost in familiar surroundings or misplacing household objects
Neglecting to bathe or wearing the same clothes over and over again and often insisting that he or she has bathed or that his or her clothes are still clean
Relying on someone else, such as a spouse, to make decisions or answer questions he or she previously would have handled themselves.

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