Alzheimer's Symptoms: Navigational Skills May Deteriorate Long Before Memory

Typically, when we think of the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease we think of memory problems. Words go missing, names escape one’s grasp, daily tasks are forgotten. Now, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have shown that making mental maps of where we have been and where we are going is a process the brain may lose before memory problems begin to show. People with these early symptoms can no longer navigate even a familiar area as they once did. Read full article on HealthCentral about navigational skills and what they mean when Alzheimer's is a risk: Purchase Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories – paperback or ebook “I hold onto your book as a life preserver and am reading it slowly on purpose...I don't want it to end.”  Craig William Dayton, Film Composer Related articles Pain: How Is It Perceived by People with Dementia? Alzheimer's Risk Higher for Women: Why? The Many Faces of Dementia: Understanding the Symptoms                Related StoriesEarly Memory Issues Alone Shouldn't Force Contented Elder from HomeStrategies for Downsizing for a Move to Assisted LivingMotherhood, the Brain and Dementia: Changing Hormones Alter Risk 
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