Insight Memory Care Choices helps dementia patients and their families in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. When a person’s mental abilities have declined to a point where he or she needs daily assistance, Insight Memory Care Choices helps families choose the right assisted-living community.

1. Insight Memory Care Choices

2.  Insight Memory Care Choices helps dementia patients and
their families in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. When a
person’s mental abilities have declined to a point where he
or she needs daily assistance, Insight Memory Care Choices
helps families choose the right assisted-living community.
Alzheimer’s Disease progresses slowly at first, making it
hard to tell if a loved one is simply aging normally or
showing signs of a problem. Recognizing the following
warning signs can help your family tell when it is time to
seek out neurological health services:
1. Subtle memory loss is one of the first signs of
Alzheimer’s. Forgetting important dates, asking the same
questions repeatedly, and an inability to retain newly
learned information are all common early on. A person may
also misplace items and be unable to find them later.

3.  2. Changes in a person’s ability to solve problems can be an indicator of
Alzheimer’s. Familiar tasks may take longer to complete, or may not be
possible to complete at all.
3. Difficulty keeping track of time is an early sign of Alzheimer’s, as is
day/night disorientation. It is common for seniors to forget where they
are or how they got there.
4. Spatial relationships can be confusing for Alzheimer’s patients. They
may have difficulty judging distance or understanding written words.
5. Problems with speech, and especially vocabulary, can be signs of
Alzheimer’s. Patients often know what they want to say, but cannot
remember the correct words. Someone with Alzheimer's loses about 25%
of their vocabulary in the early stages of the disease.

4.  6. Poor judgment can be an Alzheimer’s indicator.
Difficulties with finances and monthly bill-paying
are common. These people become vulnerable to
financial elder abuse.
7. Personality changes, especially withdrawing
from regular social activities or friends, can be seen
in Alzheimer’s patients.
Early recognition of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s
can allow more time to make the proper
arrangements that will be needed later in life.
Early recognition also allows input from the
person about their future wishes.