{"id":119466,"date":"2024-10-28T22:47:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T15:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119466"},"modified":"2024-10-28T22:47:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T15:47:51","slug":"early-signs-of-dementia-from-falls-to-personality-changes-and-driving-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119466","title":{"rendered":"Early signs of dementia, from falls to personality changes and driving difficulties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component-0\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">This is the 48th instalment in<\/em> <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb e1llv60l0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/series\/3206510\/decoding-dementia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component-0\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\"><u data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component-0\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa14\">a series on dementia<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/a><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component-3\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers, and stories of hope.<\/em><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Dementia is not all about memory loss. The condition comes with a host of symptoms, from trouble finding words to loss of taste. Neither is memory loss the only early sign that something may be amiss. Dementia drops a number of hints on its way in.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">American writer and psychotherapist Amy Bloom describes in her memoir <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component-1\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">In Love<\/em> \u2013 about her husband\u2019s early-onset dementia \u2013 the earliest, almost unseen signs that all was not well.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Her husband grew confused over the communications he received regarding a book club he loved going to. She would hear him complaining about all the emails that came in and the schedule changes. He went to meetings on the wrong night and forgot where meetings were on others.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Bloom was shocked some time later to find a message on her husband\u2019s phone \u2013 by then she had taken to checking it \u2013 from a man who her husband swore had moved away and was no longer in the book club. But he was.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Falls can be another early warning sign of the onset of dementia. Photo: Shutterstock\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-12fb5s6 e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2024\/10\/28\/04670dd9-3c3e-4192-9337-f7e2edbc5f7a_53933fe2.jpg\" title=\"Falls can be another early warning sign of the onset of dementia. Photo: Shutterstock\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-6potyr e1gf69pb1\">Falls can be another early warning sign of the onset of dementia. Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Looking back, I can recall little indications that all was not well in my mother\u2019s brain as dementia began to set in, too. 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