When Visiting

I thought it was best to say something about visiting, or more than what I have previously. When visiting with Jan, asking her questions can sometimes frustrate her so careful with asking a bunch of questions. Does she look good, her place is pretty, you have so many friends, or say something about your kids, or family. Say that you saw the Christmas party pictures, or that it's sweet that Christi comes to her to cut her hair. These are just some of the things that works best. I have made these mistakes and had to change quickly before frustrating her.
Jan has almost lost the ability to communicate except for verbiage that comes out of her mouth and you can't understand it, but she doesn't know that, so I say yea, okay, whatever you say, really. Asking her to repeat it is futile, short term memory is gone. Jan cannot open her door to her room, or understand closing the door. She does understand smiles, hugs and compliments. I continue to hear her say thank you to her caregivers, who seem to just love her.
Hope to see you soon