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Memory Impairment

Everyone experiences a memory slip or two as we pass through middle age. More than that, though, is not a part of a healthy aging process. Short-term memory loss can be due completely to physical health issues. It can be caused by various medications. It can also be an early warning sign of dementia. An initial assessment will help point you and the family toward help.

Wondering if it's Alzheimer's? Briefly, the early warning signs are:

• Memory loss
• Difficulty performing familiar tasks
• Problems with language
• Disorientation to time and place
• Poor or decreased judgment
• Problems with abstract thinking
• Misplacing things
• Changes in mood or behavior
• Changes in personality
• Loss of initiative
• Or, more simply: is Momma talking in circles, losing things, and blaming people for things they couldn't have done? Is Dad hiding behind his newspaper, getting quieter, stumbling over his words, losing his keys, bringing home the car all dinged up?

Time for help! Now, before one of them gets hurt or hurts someone else.

For more information, call the Alzheimer's Association at (800)272-3900, or call us at (803)760-8475 to schedule an initial assessment and for resources.