Everyone on TP was a great help when I was dithering over moving Mum to a CH a few months back. I took the plunge and I am so grateful I had that support and acted on it. I dread to think what would have happened as Mum has deteriorated so much since July.
I am posting to see if anyone could hazard a guess at the way Mum's speech/conversation/comprehension will progress. 3 months ago she could converse well, although her memory let her down on recalling facts and often words, but in the 'here and now' she was fine. A few weeks ago her confusion seemed greater and this was reflected in her conversation. Now she still chats, the words are OK but the content just doesn't make sense. The nouns are all wrong eg ' I need that wooden thing to get on the horse' (she was talking about using the loo). I visit for about 3 hours every other day, and although I don't want to whinge - it's quite difficult to engage with this conversation as Mum gets really frustrated if I don't understand and I can only go for so long pretending that I do. Sadly the other dementia residents all have their own problems, quirks and confusion - but the vast majority can chat. The chatty ones have given up talking to Mum as they don't understand what she's on about. Even the staff who are wonderful, find it confusing and as a result do not chat for so long.
Anyone recognise this, or can let me know how Mum's speech is likely to progress? She is obviously losing her ability to converse - I wonder what will happen next.
I am posting to see if anyone could hazard a guess at the way Mum's speech/conversation/comprehension will progress. 3 months ago she could converse well, although her memory let her down on recalling facts and often words, but in the 'here and now' she was fine. A few weeks ago her confusion seemed greater and this was reflected in her conversation. Now she still chats, the words are OK but the content just doesn't make sense. The nouns are all wrong eg ' I need that wooden thing to get on the horse' (she was talking about using the loo). I visit for about 3 hours every other day, and although I don't want to whinge - it's quite difficult to engage with this conversation as Mum gets really frustrated if I don't understand and I can only go for so long pretending that I do. Sadly the other dementia residents all have their own problems, quirks and confusion - but the vast majority can chat. The chatty ones have given up talking to Mum as they don't understand what she's on about. Even the staff who are wonderful, find it confusing and as a result do not chat for so long.
Anyone recognise this, or can let me know how Mum's speech is likely to progress? She is obviously losing her ability to converse - I wonder what will happen next.
