Caregiver s Guide to Communication Problems From Brain Injury Or - Diseas

Providing answers to common questions, definitions of complex medical terms, and lists of helpful resources, this book also: touches on expected, age-related changes in communication, memory, swallowing, and hearing abilities, to name a few; offers practical strategies for caregivers to cope with speech, language, and voice problems and to maximize their loved one's ability to communicate; reveals how caregivers can assist their loved ones with swallowing challenges to maintain good nutrition and hydration; provides crucial information on how caregivers can handle grief and take care of themselves during the caregiving process; explains how to incorporate the arts, as well as a loved one's hobbies and interests, into their communication or memory recoveryThis comprehensive book will allow readers to take a more informed and active role in their loved one's care.Contributors: Marissa Barrera, Frederick DiCarlo, Lea Kaploun, Elizabeth Roberts, Teresa Signorelli Pisano

About the author

Barbara O'Connor Wells (BOCA RATON, FL) is an associate professor of speech-language pathology at Nova Southeastern University.Connie K. Porcaro (CORAL SPRINGS, FL) is an associate professor of communication sciences and disorders at Florida Atlantic University.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Porcaro O''''connor Wells
• Assisted by: Barbara O'Connor Wells (Editor), Connie K. Porcaro (Editor), Connie K. (Florida Atlantic University) Porcaro (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781421442556
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4255-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Johns Hopkins Press Health Book; A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; MEDICAL / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Caregiving, Popular medicine & health, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Neurosciences, Nursing & ancillary services