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Dementia often first noticed at holidays
BobbyDelray
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11-26-2007 11:35 PM
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She couldn't find the bathroom in a family member's home. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html">She sat at the edges of a party, too confused to interact with the family.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html"> A diagnosis of Alzheimer's followed for the now 75-year-old woman.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html"><DIV>The signs of early dementia may be disguised during the year, when sufferers can rely on habit. But mess with the routine - as the holidays do - and the signals become obvious, Foster said.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html"> Other real-life examples of dementia surfacing around the holidays: A patient who forgot to buy presents for all of her grandchildren. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html">Another who bought every grandchild, boys and girls, the same gift. 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