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Following a familiar recipe
Managing household bills
Keeping track of monthly expenses
Organizing travel plans
Following instructions
They may also take much longer to complete tasks they previously handled without difficulty.
- Trouble Completing Familiar Tasks
Routine activities may suddenly become confusing.
A person may struggle to:Caregiver support resources
Use a familiar appliance
Drive to a familiar location
Prepare a meal they have made many times
Use a phone or remote control
Follow the rules of a familiar game
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This can be one of the more noticeable early changes because the task itself is not new.
- Confusion About Time or Place
People with early dementia may lose track of:
Dates
Seasons
Passage of time
Where they are
How they arrived somewhereAlzheimer’s Disease
Forgetting the day briefly can happen to anyone, but repeatedly becoming disoriented in familiar surroundings is more concerning.
- Problems With Words
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and Conversation
Dementia can affect language.Access Clinical Journals
A person may:
Struggle to find common words
Lose track of a conversation
Repeat themselves
Call familiar
