{"id":133305,"date":"2023-11-05T04:15:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T04:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=133305"},"modified":"2023-11-05T04:15:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T04:15:12","slug":"i-lost-my-wife-to-alzheimers-symptoms-of-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/i-lost-my-wife-to-alzheimers-symptoms-of-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"I lost my wife to Alzheimers – symptoms of dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alzheimers Research UK explain 'what is dementia?'<\/h3>\n

Having first met working in a restaurant in Levenshume, Manchester, David and Margaret fell in love.<\/p>\n

Married in December 1971, the pair embarked on a joint career in hotel management, living and working together across the world.<\/p>\n

Now, over five decades later, David detailed his final chapter with Margaret and her losing battle with Alzheimer’s disease in his book Mirror, Mirror.<\/p>\n

Stepping in to talk about the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease is the Managing Director at Baycroft Care Homes, Stewart Mcginn.<\/p>\n

One of the earliest signs a loved one could be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease is when they are “continuously misplacing things or placing items in strange places”.<\/p>\n

READ MORE… <\/strong> Dementia is evil disease but we must not lock our loved ones away because of it<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you have a partner, parent, or friend who is usually organised, if they start to become forgetful as to where they’ve put things, it could be a warning sign.<\/p>\n

“They may also experience difficulty focusing on tasks that require organisation and planning due to Alzheimer\u2019s disease,” said Mcginn.<\/p>\n

A more obvious symptom of the brain disease is developing problems with language.<\/p>\n

Mcginn explained: “Regularly struggling to remember words or substituting them in sentences with random words can indicate someone is suffering.<\/p>\n

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