Watch this prize-winning video produced by Vinn Bay and Tee Boon Leng for a video competition as part of the ADI (Alzheimer's Disease International) conference in March 2009.
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I can’t help but have a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes after seeing this short film, especially the part when the grandmother didn't recognize her son and daughter-in-law.
No one knows if this will happen to my Mom, my mother-in-law, or to me. Suddenly, I am scared of getting old. And forgetting. I’m now even more afraid of having dementia than of dying.
Please, please Lord, let me have my faculty of thinking and remembering things intact until the day Death greets me.
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Spanish researchers found that more than a third of adults with Alzheimer’s disease, had the following symptoms earlier than the when the memory loss was already apparent.
Early sign of dementia #1: Personality change
Someone who has been amiable like Big Bird may seem to transform into an Oscar the Grouch—and you have noticed increasing in frequency. Some may suddenly curse, even though he has always been mild-mannered. These personality changes can predate memory loss in someone with dementia.
Early sign of dementia #2: Problems with executive functioning
He is having trouble carrying out basic, familiar tasks, or following directions. He seems not to want to solve even simple problems.
Early sign of dementia #3: Vision problems
Problems with depth perception or visual-spatial coordination can precede memory problems. In a more severe example of a perception problem, the person may not recognize himself or herself in a mirror or when passing his or her reflection in a building or window on the street.
Early sign of dementia #4: Language problems
The person having trouble may stop in the middle of a sentence, unable to think of the next word. Or the wrong word may come out -- "mouth cleaner" for "toothbrush" or "picture stick" for "TV remote control."
Early sign of dementia #5: Social withdrawal
Early in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, the person is often well aware that something is amiss, even if he or she isn't exactly sure of the source of the problem. It can be frightening to feel that you're not quite in control of your faculties all of the time.
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