Consider It Done LLC

If you visited loved ones over the holidays and saw signs of decline in their health, maybe this will help you. Call if you have questions.

Red Flags Personal Checklist

1. Personal Care: Deteriorated personal hygiene, uncombed hair, soled clothing, mismatched clothing, difficulty getting in and
out of tub or shower without assistance, infrequent bathing, incontinence.

2. Housekeeping: Accumulation of garbage or spoiled food, stained carpets, piles of dirty laundry, unclean silverware, sticky kitchen counter, reluctance to accept help.

3. Meals and Appetite: Difficulty preparing meals, decreased appetite, noticeable weight loss or gain, stale food, empty refrigerator.

4. Memory: Forgetting appointments and names, repeating stories in conversation, regularly losing or misplacing objects, loss of recent memory, repeated phone calls for the same reason, forgetting how to use the telephone.

5. Communication: Difficulty finding specific words, increasingly illegible handwriting, difficulty learning or retaining new information.

6. Mobility: Slower pace when walking, difficulty climbing stairs, unsteady gait, frequent falls, balance problems.

7. Depression: unexplainable anxiety or irritability, decreased interest in family or friends, avoidance of previously enjoyed activities.

8. Medication: Frequently missed daily medications, difficulty recalling if medication was taken, overuse of medications, untimely reordering of medications.

9. Finances: Uno0peened mail, unpaid bills or bills paid twice, unbalanced checkbook or overdrawn, unexplained credit card charges, frequent transfers from savings into checking.

10. Driving: Unsafe driving speed, difficulty negotiating turns, unexplained dents or scrapes, increased traffic violations, difficulty parking.

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