I just wondered if anyone else had come across this issue and had any advice?
When mum moved to the care home 6 months ago her speech "wasn't right" sentence construction was muddled etc. It seemed to improve and I put it down to the fact she had been alone at home without people to talk to for most of the day. But I think there has been more deterioration recently. Some of it is simple substitution of one word for another, introducing me as her mother not her daughter etc. Sometimes she uses a phrase when she can't find a word, the chef at the care home was "the one who has most to do with the bakery." But I'm finding it harder to follow her conversation, and I'm used to her - I suspect someone who wasn't might not understand what she means.
Is there anything I can do which would help?
When mum moved to the care home 6 months ago her speech "wasn't right" sentence construction was muddled etc. It seemed to improve and I put it down to the fact she had been alone at home without people to talk to for most of the day. But I think there has been more deterioration recently. Some of it is simple substitution of one word for another, introducing me as her mother not her daughter etc. Sometimes she uses a phrase when she can't find a word, the chef at the care home was "the one who has most to do with the bakery." But I'm finding it harder to follow her conversation, and I'm used to her - I suspect someone who wasn't might not understand what she means.
Is there anything I can do which would help?