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Dementia affects English and Italian speakers differently

Does that language you play a role in how people with dementia communicate? New research seems to indicate that it does.

A small study from a team at the University of California looked at dementia-related language problems in English-speaking and Italian-speaking patients. They found that while the English speakers had difficulty pronouncing words, the Italian speakers simply opted for shorter, simpler sentences. Learn more about what the researchers discovered:

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51069190

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