UsevisualcuesUsesensesSpeakslowlyVERADementiaSmileStep bystepapproachEarly/middlestageDon'tassumeBepatientAllowtimeDon'texcludeMakeeyecontactTaketimeEntertheirworldDon'targueDon'tinterruptSpeakdirectlyLatestageAvoidcorrectionBodylanguageAsk onequestionat a timeOneon oneCAREApproachfrom frontTreatwithdignityUsevisualcuesUsesensesSpeakslowlyVERADementiaSmileStep bystepapproachEarly/middlestageDon'tassumeBepatientAllowtimeDon'texcludeMakeeyecontactTaketimeEntertheirworldDon'targueDon'tinterruptSpeakdirectlyLatestageAvoidcorrectionBodylanguageAsk onequestionat a timeOneon oneCAREApproachfrom frontTreatwithdignity

Communication & Dementia - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Use visual cues
  2. Use senses
  3. Speak slowly
  4. VERA
  5. Dementia
  6. Smile
  7. Step by step approach
  8. Early/ middle stage
  9. Don't assume
  10. Be patient
  11. Allow time
  12. Don't exclude
  13. Make eye contact
  14. Take time
  15. Enter their world
  16. Don't argue
  17. Don't interrupt
  18. Speak directly
  19. Late stage
  20. Avoid correction
  21. Body language
  22. Ask one question at a time
  23. One on one
  24. CARE
  25. Approach from front
  26. Treat with dignity