Dementia can affect language.
A person may:
Struggle to find common words
Lose track of a conversation
Repeat themselves
Call familiar objects by the wrong name
Stop in the middle of a sentence and not know how to continue
Occasional word-finding difficulty is common with age, but frequent communication problems deserve attention.
6. Misplacing Things and Being Unable to Retrace Steps
Everyone misplaces keys or glasses sometimes.
A person with dementia may place objects in unusual locations, such as:
Keys in the refrigerator
A wallet in a kitchen cabinet
A phone in a laundry basket
They may then be unable to retrace their steps to find the item.
Some people may also accuse others of stealing things they actually misplaced.
7. Poor Judgment or Unusual Decisions
