Understanding & Communicating Print E-mail
Communication is so much more than merely the exchange of words.

People with dementia communicate, even if they can no longer use words or sentences. Today we know that most people still retain the ability to communicate verbally, at least in one-syllable words, such as yes or no, despite their dementia. The only exceptions to this rule are people in the final stage or who have suffered a stroke or similar condition that may have affected their “speech circuitry”.

Words make up only 7% of our communication; tone of voice 38% and our body language 55%. So we have many ways and means of getting a message across. Successful communication and understanding comes when we look, listen and respond to physical messages as well as to a person’s words.
 
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