1. Memory Failure that Interferes with Life

The most prevailing symptom in Alzheimer’s is the memory loss that affects normal life. It’s not forgetting where you placed the keys sometimes. People may constantly repeat themselves, forget important dates, or find it hard to recall names of relatives and close friends. They may forget conversations, events, or even details of daily activities, which can be very embarrassing since this might have happened moments back.

2. Lack of Problem-Solving Ability or Task Planning

Difficulty noticed in organizing and completing tasks previously very simple is another one of the very early warning signs. For example, a patient with Alzheimer’s may find difficulties to follow a simple recipe, failing to pay electricity bills on due dates, managing household chores like sweeping, which were once self-evident. They often get confused by the sequence required to perform that task or lack keeping track of what they are supposed to do for multiple activities all at once.

3. Disorientation and Time Mismanagement

It is easy for an older Alzheimer’s patient in the early stage to forget the date, month, season or even time. He can also forget the place and his way of traveling to the location. His day and night may sometimes conflict. For example, one can get up from his bed in the middle of the night with a thought whether it is morning, or anyone may forget their appointments, with irritation or anxiety. This can become dangerous, particularly when it leads to wandering away from home or driving while disoriented.

4. Problems with Visual and Spatial Perception

Alzheimer’s may also affect the perception of objects, spaces, and distances. Patients cannot read, estimate distances, or even recognize familiar faces. In extreme cases, they may not identify colors or notice visual changes in their surroundings. Such visual impairment may make driving, reading, or even moving around the house a challenge.

5. Language Problems

Another common early sign is getting stuck for the right words when trying to talk. An individual will pause often and use vague words like “thing” or “stuff” instead of referring to specific objects. They have difficulty following or getting into conversations; they repeat words frequently or lose the names of objects, persons, or locations that they may have known inside out. As the disease worsens, at times this language may become cumbersome, and either causes frustration, or withdrawal.

6. Confusing the Layout or Losing things

The lack of being able to locate various objects is highly suggestive. She could mislay a wallet within the freezer. Her glasses remain unknown. For weeks, this would prompt going round the house several times in their quest. This is quite different from a misplaced object occasionally because the items might be hard to find even with a thorough search. Sometimes, people may blame others for stealing their belongings when they can’t find them, which might cause confusion and strain in relationships.

7. Avoidance of Social Activities or Work

Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects people’s abilities to function during day to day activities, and as it progresses, patients may gradually isolate oneself socially, such as quitting their favorite activities and career. They may be able to disengage from things that once helped them feel stimulated like playing their favorite game or going to club. This is often because of frustration with their cognitive difficulties or embarrassment about their forgetfulness. They tend to avoid situations where their cognitive issues become more obvious, and sometimes they may even appear unusually anxious or depressed.

8. Impairment of Judgment or Decision-Making

Alzheimer’s can severely affect a person’s judgment as well as their decision-making capacity. Such expressions can be a frivolous spending on unnecessary items that drain all money from their pockets, or not being able to see any potential dangers and safety hazards. Subjects may end up not being able to weigh the differences in risks, causing dangerous situations, such as failure to cut off the stove or letting the night fall with doors unlocked.