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When language loss blocks family connection

My grandmother's alzheimers is progressing and she only remembers me in our native language but I'm forgetting how to speak it

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The convergence of cognitive decline and cultural assimilation can sever the final threads of intergenerational bond.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Memory and retention across cultures?”

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