Changes in the brain linked to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease may also make some older adults vulnerable to financial scams, according to new research. Alzheimer’s patients can become targets for various forms of financial exploitation, according to him Alzheimer’s Association. These scams include robbery, purse snatching, car thefthome improvement scams, telephone lawyers and even thieves.

right National Institute on Agingproblems managing money and making financial decisions in general can be among the first signs of Alzheimer’s disease.