Language in Dementia

This book examines language and communication in clients with cognitive impairment and dementia and the treatment of these clients by speech-language pathologists, using real examples of language from individuals with neurodegenerative disorders. It is written for all medical and health professionals involved in the clinical management of dementia.

List of contents

1. Alzheimer's Dementia; 2. Primary Progressive Aphasia; 3. Vascular Dementia; 4. Mild Cognitive Impairment; 5. Parkinson's Disease Dementia; 6. Huntington's Disease; 7. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy; 8. Multiple Sclerosis.

About the author

Louise Cummings is Professor in the Department of English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She teaches and conducts research in pragmatics, communication disorders, and public health reasoning. She is the author or editor of 18 books in these areas, including most recently Case Studies in Communication Disorders (2017) and Speech and Language Therapy (2018).

Summary

This book examines language and communication in clients with cognitive impairment and dementia and the treatment of these clients by speech-language pathologists, using real examples of language from individuals with neurodegenerative disorders. It is written for all medical and health professionals involved in the clinical management of dementia.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Cummings, Louise (The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univer Cummings, Cummings Louise
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108700184
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70018-4
• No. of pages: 375
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurosciences, Psycholinguistics, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Speech and language disorders and therapy, Speech & language disorders & therapy, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics