- lost for hours in their own neighborhood
Financial exploitation skyrockets in the first year after diagnosis — because judgment fails first.
4. Disorientation to Time & Place
(“What year is it?” confusion)
Forgetting the day of the week is normal.
Thinking it’s 1985 when it’s 2025 is not.
Early signs:
Memory training games
- Getting lost in familiar stores
- Dressing for the wrong season
- Missing appointments because “I thought it was next month”
3. Language & Word-Finding Problems
(Tip-of-the-tongue that never arrives)
Struggling for common words — “the thing you cut with” instead
