When You Forget That You Forgot: - College of Nursing

The NEXT step is to simplify your STYLE of talking! Caregivers need to modify the "way we say" what we say – our style of speech. This includes: Speaking slowly. Saying individual words clearly. Be careful to not use slang or to slur words. Think about the words the person with dementia commonly uses, and USE THOSE WORDS OR LABELS. ................
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