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Communication
Bernie McCarthy, Clinical Psychologist and
Dementia Advisor talks about the importance of
verbal communication. He also demonstrates that
with appropriate communication methods we can
enable and maximise the abilities and
independence and ‘fill in the gaps’ for someone
living with dementia (2.42mins).

Play MP3

Take Quiz

Returning your thoughts again to the person living
with Younger Onset Dementia that you support, can
you think of 3 ideas that you could use to raise the
level of growth in their lives?

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