Elderspeak

Elderspeak (infantilization or secondary baby talk) features simplistic vocabulary and grammar, shortened sentences, slowed speech, elevated pitch and volume, and inappropriately intimate terms of endearment. 

• Features of elderspeak include diminutives, inappropriately intimate nominal references, such as “honey” and “good girl.”
• Collective (plural) pronouns substitute the plural reference when a singular form is grammatically correct and imply that the older adult cannot act independently.
  For example, “Are we (italics added) ready for our (italics added) bath?”
• Tag questions prompt resident responses, thus suggesting the resident’s inability to independently choose.
  For example, “You want to get up now, don’t you (italics added)?”

Excerpted from: 
Williams KN. (2008). Elderspeak Communication: Impact on Dementia Care.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2008 Jun 30.