Money Woes Can Be Early Clue to Alzheimer’s

[peter radclyffe]

Money Woes Can Be Early Clue to Alzheimer’s, the N Y T

It turned out that Mr. Packel was developing Alzheimer’s disease (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/alzheimers-disease/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier) and had forgotten how to handle money. When she tried to pay their bills, Mrs. Packel, who enlisted the help of a forensic accountant, could not find most of the couple’s money.
“It just disappeared,” she said.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

I would want to know about it before that stage I think, Peter.

[seanz]

You'll be fine, it's easier to spot in the pre-decimalization generation.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

True story. My grandmother was a country girl with a life long interest in "the Turf" - as an Edwardian schoolteacher's wife she had scandalised the village by driving to the local races in a pony trap with the vicar, who shared her enthusiasm. She outlived my mother by a few months and died aged 101. Her account with her bookie was in credit, but he did say that he had given up trying to explain to her that half a crown each way had been an impossible bet for the past 15 years - he had just made it 50p each way.

[BETTY-B]

Damn. Unfortunately, this possibly answers many questions I have had lately. It's on top of an anurism though, so even considering this as a possibility had not yet entered the equation. One thing I have learned recently is that it's ridiculous to keep saying that life can only get better.

[KM Bever]

Does this mean we can cure Alzheimer's by getting rid of the politicians in Washington DC?

[Kaa]

So if one fine morning you wake up with no money in your bank account but a wooden boat in your garage, does it mean you have Alzheimer's? :-)

Kaa

[KM Bever]

So if one fine morning you wake up with no money in your bank account but a wooden boat in your garage, does it mean you have Alzheimer's? :-)

Kaa

Not going to let wife read this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!