Keeping the conversation going: Information and strategies for reducing the impact of sensory, motor, and cognitive changes that affect the quality of communication in elderly patients in long-term care

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-267

  D'Wynter, Lydia Catherine ^a  

^a Sava Senior Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Hearing; Long term care; Speech; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEARING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTUITION; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPEECH THERAPY; STRESS; VISION;

EID: 33747442436     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200607000-00007     Document Type: Review

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