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Native Language Impacts Communications Issues in Dementia Patients

 

 

Scientists at UC San Francisco Memory and Aging Center and at the Neuroimaging Research Unit and Neurology Unit at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan have discovered that speaking and reading problems in dementia patients vary based on their native languages.

Most dementia research is based on native English speakers. Health care providers need to be aware of this factor when treating patients who do not speak English or have English as a second language.

More information here:

https://blog.thealzheimerssite.greatergood.com/native-tongue/?utm_source=ALZ&utm_medium=social-twt&utm_campaign=social-bubbles&utm_content=blog-share