Try: Sometimes gradual changes in everyday routines and behavior patterns of those in our care are very subtle they may go unnoticed for quite some time until they suddenly seem to escalate and sneak up on us without warning where there was once a "normal " there is now a "new normal" taking over being aware of changes that may occur may give family members or caregivers an early enough warning to take appropriate action before a major problem surfaces changes that may occur with mild alzheimer’s disease loses interest in activities or hobbies doesn’t want to start anything new asks repetitive questions constantly checks or searches for possessions starts saving things of little or no value can’t organize thoughts has trouble concentrating on a game or finishing a puzzle or a book loses the thread of conversation loss in financial judgment difficulty learning anything new forgets words and may substitute or make up words contributes less to conversations because fears making a mistake becomes lost in familiar surroundings forgets to eat or forgets that he or she has just eaten and wants to eat again hides items and then forgets where they are hidden replaces things in inappropriate places such as refrigerated items in the cupboard or laundry in the dishwasher forgets to pay when leaving a store or restaurant loses the concept of how much to pay for an item and may hand the sales clerk the entire wallet loses sensitivity to others’ feelings gets angry and frustrated more easily than in the past unable to order food in restaurant and will just order what someone else is ordering resistant to any type of change in routine gets overly excited and upset if something unexpected happens takes longer to accomplish routine tasks information references adapted in part from a north carolina information & assistance toolkit

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*This information is listed as a Fact Sheet and is not explicitly medically licensed