Unlabelled: Speech-language pathologists who serve elders in a variety of long-term care settings have a variety of professional skills and responsibilities. Fundamental to quality service is knowledge of aging and communication changes and disorders associated with this process, institutional alternatives, and the changing nature of today's elders in long-term care. Excellence in service also involves meeting third party payers' requirements, teamwork, and advocacy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Speech Lang Hear Res
December 2002
Spoken language comprehension, including comprehension for inferential material in narrative discourse, is diminished in dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). There are, however, no empirical data concerning comprehension by adults with DAT of main ideas versus details in narratives. Evidence from other groups with and without brain damage has shown that comprehension for main ideas is relatively better than for details and that comprehension for stated material is relatively better than comprehension for inferential material.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe conjugate base of benzocyclopropene has been generated in the gas phase. Its reactivity and thermodynamic stability were explored. The measured acidity is DeltaH degrees (acid)(benzocyclopropene) = 386 +/- 3 kcal/mol, and the electron affinity of benzocyclopropenyl radical is 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article focuses on the role of communication in the successful adjustments and adaptations to normal aging by elders. It views communication as an essential tool for living safely and independently, for maintaining interests and a sense of purpose, for continuing important social and family relationships, and for exercising active control over quality of life and care. The discussion emphasizes the importance of physical and social environments to elders' communication efforts and suggests that an environmental approach to the communication problems of many elders may be more beneficial than the remediation of specific speech-language skills.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study is to provide prevalence estimates of the sociodemographic characteristics and extent of speaking and hearing disabilities among a community-based sample of adults (15 years and older) who have survived traumatic brain injury (TBI). This report is based on the Canadian Health and Activity Limitation Survey (1986-87), a national household survey of self-reported disabilities. Results indicate that adults with TBI with speaking or hearing difficulties tend to be male, middle-aged and older, urban dwellers, of relatively low income levels who are limited at work.
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