How to spot the first signs of dementia

There are smaller and quiet clues in our daily lives, making them fairly easy to identify – if you know what to look out for.

Miranda Levy

Feb 18, 2024 – 5.00am

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Finally – after many false dawns – an effective new drug for Alzheimer’s is on the horizon. In early May, US scientists announced that the drug donanemab delays the worsening of symptoms by 35 per cent. Half the patients on the trial found their mental decline was halted for more than a year.

The Alzheimer’s Society went as far as describing the results as “the beginning of the end for Alzheimer’s disease”.

The Telegraph London