As a person progresses through the
stages of dementia, we know that the disease allows them to access
long term memories more frequently than short term memories.
So how does this work when someone has learned English as their second language?
We often see that a person who is multi-lingual with dementia
that is entering the middle stage will revert to their primary language
or the language that they grew up with. Imagine having dementia and
then experiencing everyone around you speaking a foreign language!
There are a few things that caregivers can do to deal with when this situation occurs:
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