Try: Give friends family suggestions about how to start talking with cr for example hello george i’m john we used to work together

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Communication, Medical Physical, Social, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: To help family understand what care giver cg and cr are going through tell family how to get more information about cr’s condition s tell family what they can do to help let family know cg needs breaks

References: caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov

Keywords: Communication friends family coworkers memory loss cognitive impairment conversation small talk talking socializing

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed