When Money Skills Deteriorate, Watch for Alzheimer?s
 

(Psych Central News) As baby boomers age, so do their parents. New research suggests it may be time to think about assistance when mom or dad begins to have problems with money. Inability to handle financial transactions or manage money may be an early indicator that a person with mild memory problems soon is likely to develop Alzheimer's ... ...


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That is definitely the case, one of the issues my Dad had before being diagnosed with Dementia was not being able to mange his bills properly.

Eventually he had a hard time filling out any paperwork or writing checks etc.

Tough disease to deal with my heart goes out to anyone taking care of a family member. I sacrificed 2 years of my life caring for my Dad and it was worth every ounce of it because I love him so much.

Alzheimer's and Dementias are such a terrible disease.

My MIL is 86 and until recently was dxd with MCI...now early Altzheimer's. She had to turn over the check writing to my DH. She and her DH, who has no central vision, struggle mightily to balance their checkbook (and often fail). DH has to fill their med trays, since she gets so overwrought.
She seems to have good days and not-so-good days. I feel so bad for her when she can't do something she used to be able to do.
For instance, one morning, she made them oatmeal. Unfortunately, she made a whole saucepan full, rather than 2 servings. She doesn't understand what she was thinking when she did that. Then she freaks out when she can't find a bill or some other piece of mail. She tears through the trash, pulls stuff out of drawers-only to find it on her study table.
They live in independent care, but I know eventually she'll decline enough that she'll have to move to the "memory unit". I dread that day...
What is worse is, the neuro hasn't told them what they're dealing with...and they wouldn't believe him, anyway.:(