DEMENTIA LISTENING TO THEIR EYES

 Words are only a part of communication. In her excellent book;'Learning To Speak Alzheimer's, Joanne Koenig Coste  mentions that when she is visiting an  Alzheimer's unit in a long term care facility she frequently comes across small groups of patients communicating with one another.They appear to be relating memories to one another and certainly understand one another, but what is strange is that they are all speaking a different language version of 'Alzheimer's'.
In the latter stages of Alzheimer's speech deteriorates and it is estimated that only one word in four of vocabulary is remembered. This makes communication between caregivers and patients very difficult, as not only does the patient have difficulty in speaking in an understandable way, but also they often do not understand what the caregiver is saying.
Caregivers learn that simple statements are best and that if given options in for example food choices, patients will usually go for the first option.