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Communication  It was difficult to know what was upsetting my
husband. He wasn’t able to say. Then at bed-time I noticed his
toe was badly swollen. “Another beautiful day,” my mother would
say on coming down for breakfast often with the rain lashing
down! And I would simply say, “You’re feeling good then?”
People with Alzheimer’s disease develop communication problems,
which tend to become increasingly severe as time goes on. The
term “aphasia” is sometimes used to describe the difficulty or
loss of the ability to understand spoken or written language as
a result of damage to the corresponding nervous centre (the
parts of the brain responsible for communication). People
communicate with each other by speaking, through body language,
using signs, pictures or symbols and in writing.  For this
reason, this section is divided into the following three
sections :    • verbal communication   • non-verbal
communication and physical contact   • reading,