Each person with Alzheimer’s disease may experience different symptoms, and symptoms may change over the course of the disease. Common memory related symptoms are:

• Profound difficulty in recalling names, objects, places, times and dates

• Not recognizing family and friends

• Forgetting one’s own phone number and address

• Difficulty getting to or from a familiar place

• Tendency to wander

• Forgetting to eat or maintain one’s hygiene

• Day/night disorientation with difficulty sleeping

• Noticeable language and intellectual decline

• Inability to stay focused on a task

• Poor judgment

• A progressive sense of distrust

• Dulled emotions or interest in activities

• Depression

• Unusual agitation and irritability

• Hallucinations