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Communication and Dementia

 

Verbal Communication


Dementia may cause difficulty in the following areas of verbal communication:

  • Finding the right words.
  • Slower responses during conversation.
  • Understanding.
  • Verbalising the words / slurred speech / aphasia.
  • Reasoning.
  • Additional sight or hearing difficulties.
  • Retention of what has been said or asked of them.
  • Forgetting to speak additional languages.