Evaluations of elderspeak in a caregiving context

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-96

  Balsis, Steve ^a   Carpenter, Brian D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Communication; Elderspeak

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; PITCH; REVIEW; SPEECH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33645725583     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v29n01_07     Document Type: Review

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