The symptoms of Alzheimer’s include, but not limit to, the followings:
Early Symptoms
- Forget about recent conversations or events
- Misplace items
- Forget the names of places and objects
- Have trouble thinking of the right word
- Ask questions repetitively
- Show poor judgement or find it harder to make decisions
- Become less flexible and more hesitant to try new things.
Middle-Stage Symptoms
- Increasing confusion and disorientation – for example, getting lost, or wandering and not knowing what time of day it is
- Being obsessive, repetitive or impulsive behaviour
- Sufferring from delusions (believing things that are untrue) or feeling paranoid and suspicious about carers or family members
- Having problems with speech or language (aphasia)
- Experiencing disturbed sleep
- Changing mood, such as frequent mood swings, depression and feeling increasingly anxious, frustrated or agitated
- Having difficulty performing spatial tasks, such as judging distances
- Seeing or hearing things that other people do not (hallucinations).
Later Symptoms
- Difficulty eating and swallowing (dysphagia)
- Difficulty changing position or moving around without assistance
- Weight loss
- Sometimes severe unintentional passing of urine (urinary incontinence) or stools (bowel incontinence)
- Gradual loss of speech
- Significant problems with short and long-term memory
Source: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/alzheimers-disease/symptoms/