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Hi Horatio - welcome to 'here', but sorry for the reason.
2 months into symptoms of....? If it is dementia, verbal skills are commonly affected. This can happen with any of the dementias. Often, it can happen early in the disease.
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My mother has a variety of verbal errors. She can't think of common words. She often transposes letters or gets only the front sound of a word correct. Sometimes she comes up with words that don't exist at all. It doesn't happen very often, but on occasion, Mom will string a bunch of sounds together that make no sense. They all it "word salad." Because Mom often brings up the same topics of conversation when we visit, I can fill in the gaps pretty well now. As I understand it verbal issues are very common for PWD. It's frustrating.
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DH = Dear Husband
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FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
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MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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