- May have a stronger effect on dementia than traditional drugs
- Bilingual patients tended to develop dementia later in life
- Positive effect of being bilingual held even if a person was illiterate
Speaking a second language may delay dementia by up to five years – more than powerful drugs, researchers say.
A study suggests being bilingual exercises the mind, so it has greater reserves when disease takes hold.
But there are no additional advantages to speaking any more than two languages, according to the study in the journal Neurology.
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Listen to an interview with Richard White, Stanfield Nursing Home's owner, about music therapy and dementia
