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“When we visited my mother last Thanksgiving, my brother and I noticed that she had lost a lot of weight and had neglected to pay her utility and credit card bills,” says Jessica Anderson, whose mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease a few years ago. “After having an emotional family meeting, we decided to hire a local geriatric care manager to coordinate her medical care.”
This holiday season, thousands of people will travel far and wide to be with their loved ones. After spending this special family time together, they, too, may discover that their loved one may not be eating regular meals, paying bills on time or even remembering that he or she owns a car.
Memory loss, confusion and disorientation are not part of the normal aging process. They are symptoms of dementia. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease.
This holiday season, the Alzheimer’s Association shares a checklist of common symptoms of the disease to help families recognize warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease early:
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