Symptoms of Alzheimer's

Symptoms of Alzheimer's

Early Symptoms of Alzheimer’s

The person may:

·      Have difficulties with language

·      Experience memory loss-having particular problems with short-term memory or memory for new things

·      Be disoriented in time

·      Become lost in familiar places

·      Have difficulty making decisions

·      Lack initiative and motivation

·      Show signs of depression and aggression

·      Show a loss of interest in hobbies and activities

Middle Symptoms of Alzheimer’s

The person with Alzheimer’s disease has difficulty with day-to-day living and is likely to:

·      Become very forgetful-especially of recent events and people’s names

·      No longer manage to live alone without help

·      Be unable to cook, clean or shop

·      Become extremely dependent

·      Need assistance with personal hygiene, including using the toilet, bathing and washing

·      Have some incontinence

·      Have increased difficulty with speech

·      Wander and sometimes gets lost

·      Have various difficulties such as unprovoked aggression or constantly following their carer around the house

·      Experience hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not there)

·      Become suspicious and paranoid

·      Become depressed

Late Symptoms of Alzheimer’s

The person is likely to:

·      Have difficulty eating

·      Not recognise relatives, friends and familiar objects

·      Have difficulty understanding or interpreting events

·      Be unable to find their way around their house

·      Have difficulty walking

·      Have bladder and bowel incontinence

·      Be eventually confined to a wheelchair or bed

Reflection
The main thing I took from this piece of research is that it helped me gain a better understanding of dementia and gave me a better more rounded view. It is helpful for helping me understand the different difficulties sufferers have. I think it could be a good idea to do a poster about the early signs of dementia to make people more alert in looking out for it.