- Dementia-related memory problems are displayed as difficulty with short-term memories relating to recent occurrences, forgetting names, and misplacing things or leaving them in places where they would not normally be left.
- Dementia patients have difficulty remembering words or finding the correct words to express thoughts and ideas to others. Repeatedly saying the same thing is also a symptom of dementia according to Medicine Net.
- People suffering from dementia will generally have difficulty performing routine tasks, involving sequential thinking, such as cooking, writing and checkbook balancing.
- Persons with dementia exhibit symptoms of disorientation, forgetting where they are, how they got there, where they came from and how to get home.
- Problems with personal hygiene occur as a symptom of dementia causing patients to forget to bathe, brush their teeth and keep up with grooming.
