 | Memory Loss - Forgets recently
learned Information |
| Difficult performing familiar tasks -
Is unable to complete everyday tasks such as preparing a meal, using a
household appliance or participating in a lifelong hobby. |
| Problems with language - Often
forgets simple words or substitutes unusual words making speech or
writing hard to understand. |
| Disorientation to time and place -
Becomes lost on his / her own street, forgets where he / she is and
how they got there and does not know how to get back home. |
| Poor or decreased judgment - Dresses
without regard to the weather, gives away large amounts of money or
pays for unnecessary home repairs or products. |
| Problems with abstract thinking
- Is unable to balance a checkbook, completely forgetting what the
numbers are and what needs to be done with them. |
| Misplacing things - May put things in
unusual places: an iron in the freezer or a wristwatch in the sugar
bowl. |
| Changes in mood or behavior - Shows
rapid mood swings - from calm to tears to anger - for no apparent
reason. |
| Loss of initiative - Very passive,
sits in front of the television for hours, sleeps more than usual or
does not want to do usual activities. |
