Your Loved One Can’t Speak — But What Do They Understand?

“At the memory care unit where my mother lives, there are quite a few residents who are nonverbal. Mostly they sit propped in front of a TV in a comfortable lounger, or in a chair in the social room. Occasionally I will see someone sitting with them, speaking softly or just sitting in silence alongside them, sometimes holding their hand. Whether they have visitors by their side or they are alone, they look much the same: distant, unengaged, and, to my eye, unreachable.

But are they? I often . . .”

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