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Peer reviewedEkman, Sirkka-Liisa; And Others – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1995
Video-recorded seven demented Finnish immigrants during morning care together with bilingual and monolingual Swedish-speaking caregivers. Showed bilingual caregivers communicated more multidimensionally with patients. Found that even if monolingual interaction started in a positive manner, it became negative when parties realized they could not…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Attendants, Bilingualism, Caregiver Speech
