track of:
Dates
Seasons
Passage of time
Where they are
How they arrived somewhere
Forgetting the day briefly can happen to anyone, but repeatedly becoming disoriented in familiar surroundings is more concerning.
5. Problems With Words and Conversation
Dementia can affect language.
A person may:
Medical Literature & Resources
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
