Try: Communication is hard for people with ad because they have trouble remembering things they may struggle to find words or forget what they want to say you may feel impatient and wish they could just say what they want but they can’t it may help you to know more about common communication problems caused by ad once you know more you’ll have a better sense of how to cope here are some communication problems caused by ad trouble finding the right word when speaking problems understanding what words mean problems paying attention during long conversations loss of train-of-thought when talking trouble remembering the steps in common activities such as cooking a meal paying bills getting dressed or doing laundry problems blocking out background noises from the radio tv telephone calls or conversations in the room frustration if communication isn’t working being very sensitive to touch and to the tone and loudness of voices also ad causes some people to get confused about language for example the person might forget or no longer understand english if it was learned as a second language instead he or she might understand and use only the first language learned such as spanish information 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
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Categories: Sage, Topic, Behavior Challenging, Cognitive Intellectual, Communication, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Personal, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory
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Keywords: Cognitive impairment communication confused confusion memory loss remembering brain train of thought challenging behavior behavior problems
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