"I learned this the hard way when my grandmother, who'd been my biggest supporter throughout my life, started struggling with tasks that had nothing to do with memory. For years, we explained away the changes as stress, as getting older, as being distracted by life. By the time we recognized what was really happening, precious years had already slipped by."
"When researchers started digging into the earliest predictors of dementia, they discovered something unexpected. It wasn't memory problems that showed up first. It was money troubles. According to Allyson Chiu, a health reporter who covered groundbreaking research on this topic, "Some of these financial symptoms are popping up as early as six years before formal clinical diagnosis." But other studies suggest the timeline could be even longer, with subtle changes in financial behavior appearing up to a decade before other symptoms become noticeable."
Early dementia warning signs often appear years before diagnosis and frequently manifest as declines in financial management rather than memory loss. Subtle changes in money handling, such as errors or poor decisions, can surface as early as six years and sometimes up to a decade before clinical diagnosis. These impairments reflect decline in executive function—the brain’s planning, organizing, and complex decision-making abilities—needed to manage finances. Family members commonly attribute such changes to stress, normal aging, or distraction, delaying detection. Monitoring unusual financial behavior can provide an earlier indicator of cognitive decline and prompt timely evaluation.
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