Abstract
In this chapter, we will discuss the scope of practice in Speech Language Pathology (SLPs) specifically with the aging population, implications of the areas of communication, cognition, and swallowing due to abnormal aspects of the aging process, optimal services, and various therapeutic approaches to address those areas of communication, cognition, swallowing.
Keywords: Aphasia, Cognition, Dementia, Dysphagia, Evaluation, Oropharyngeal structures, Rehabilitation, Therapy approaches, Swallowing.
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Kate Hood, Jeremy W. Grabbe ;Speech Language Pathology and the Aging Population, Recent Advances in Geriatric Medicine An Interdisciplinary Approach to Geriatric Medicine (2017) 2: 96. https://doi.org/10.2174/9781681084510116020010
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9781681084510116020010 |
Print ISSN 2468-2241 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2468-225X |