Dannelle speaks with Monica Moreno, Senior Director of Care and Support at the Alzheimer’s Association, about the importance of broadening our definition of communication to include touch, body language, and other forms of emotional connection beyond words. If we are able to acknowledge the idea that conversation is connection in the earlier stages of a diagnosis, we can be sure to understand what is most important to our loved one even when dementia related behaviors become a more primary form of communication.

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