Licensed Master Social Worker Cheryl Blanchard shares some simple and practical advice to help family cargivers communicate with a loved with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.
Here are some related Communication Tips:
- Approach from the front.
- Use short sentences
- Speak slower
- Use gestures
- Don’t use baby talk
- Be patient/ allow more time to respond
- Offer simple choices between two items
- Acknowledge their feelings
- Don’t argue or try to convince
