Bilingual/ monolingual individuals and relationship with Dementia and Parkinson’s disease progression – brief opinion (ISSN 2753-8176 (online))
Bilingual/ monolingual individuals and relationship with Dementia and Parkinson’s disease progression – brief opinion (ISSN 2753-8176 (online)) 1. Ana Pedro 1.Gwyntwr1386 Pharmacy, Regus Chester Business Park, Heronsway, Chester, CH49QR, UK. info@gwyntwr1386.com One of the most challenging aspects of living with moderate dementia is the loss of language skills, in particularly for bilingual individuals, who have difficulty in maintaining fluency in more than one language (1-3). The loss of second language skills is a strong predictor for decreased well-being in people living in care homes, due to communication barriers between residents and carers, which may result, for example, in being unable to obtain help to self-care, as well as in social isolation. Evidence indicates that bilingual individuals develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) later than monolinguals, showing relative strengths in the domain of inhibition and response conflict (1-3). Bilinguals also may retain an ad...