Try: Make good eye contact while looking friendly and relaxed speak slowly clearly and simply but never use baby talk use concrete terms without sounding bossy

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Cognitive Intellectual, Communication, Emotional Psychological, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Independence, Some Supervision, Maximum Supervision, 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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References: guide to living with dementia by home watch care givers available at www homewatchcaregivers com

Keywords: Can’t talk confused communication problem

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