Remembering what handed a non-family member is, is not indicative of Alzheimers. Not paying your bills is, not knowing who’s president, or that it’s Halloween, is. Each person is different. My mother has Alzheimers. The early signs were she sent her boss to out of town conferences without registering him for the conference, without booking a hotel for him, without confirming that yes, he would be a speaker. She spent 6 months without cable because “the guy was out working on the connection and there’s something wrong” when in fact, she hadn’t paid that bill or any other for months.