Do you remember? How caregivers question their spouses who have Alzheimer's disease and the impact on communication

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-136

  Small, Jeff A ^a   Perry, JoAnn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Communication strategies; Episodic; Memory; Questions; Semantic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SEMANTICS; SPOUSE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16344382972     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/010)     Document Type: Article

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