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My mom has dementia and has reverted back to her native language of Romanian. She forgets she speaks English and the places I looked into to relocate her keep telling me that once she is not able to speak English anymore or wont speak English when prompted they will not be able to keep her. So I feel like I am living under a gun and don't know what to do with her once she is kicked out. I am afraid she will be kicked out.

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If you have the money you could hire a someone who speaks her language to go to nursing home a few hours a day. That might help her. They dont have to be a caregiver just someone who could translate, perhaps a retired lady who needs extra income.
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Sometimes they use a foreign language on purpose. I was told a Greek resident would not understand me. The nurses didn't understand that she was begging to die. When I spoke to her in Italian, she immediately responded to me in English. She just didn't want them to know what she was saying.
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justlooking, I can't see why any nursing home would have your Mother leave. We all have a universal language just by pointing to something that a person needs plus the expression on our faces.

Plus if she lives in a metro area, all large hospitals can direct the facility to interpreters that Assisted Living/Nursing homes can use.
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Be careful, Medicaid doesn't go over state lines.
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Contact your local area agency on aging and local alzheimers association for advice.
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In Ct there is a place a woman from Africa owns and its 50k a year full time help as a live in. I forget the name off hand, i called them a few years ago and they wouldn't come to my State for their $240 a weekend plan. My son works with someone who has them and said they cannot do enough for their clients.
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We had a female a Resident who spoke Italian, very little English. We were able to ask her what the Italian translation of an English word, it made it easier for us to help her.
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Good point Joann, if mom is on medicaid and you move her to another state you will have to reapply in the new state so just be aware of that.
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Babalou, that is a wonderful idea!
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I've seen residents in a nursing home who have one of those boards, or books. They can point at pictures or on an alphabet, spell out something. .... I don't think facilities should not accept a patient who speaks a foreign language! People who have strokes or are unable to speak get placed all the time.
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