Alzheimer Talk, Text and Context: Enhancing Communication - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230206948 ISBN 13: 9780230206946

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

An analysis of conversation, discourse and written text about Alzheimer's speech, examining retained language competencies that could be the basis for intervention or for enhancing communication

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About the Author

ANN P. ANAS Research Coordinator, Communication and Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada CYNTHIA BERNSTEIN Professor of Linguistics, University of Memphis, USA JEUTONNE P. BREWER Associate Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA KERRY BYRNE Doctoral candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Canada NANCY GREEN Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA HEIDI E. HAMILTON Associate Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University, USA MARGARET MACLAGAN Associate Professor, Communications Disorders, University of Canterbury, New Zealand PEYTON MASON Head of Linguistic Insights, Inc., USA LINDA MOORE Associate Professor of Nursing, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA GUENTER M.J. NOLD Professor and Dean at the University of Dortmund, Germany J.B. ORANGE Associate Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Western Ontario, Canada CHARLENE POPE Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing and College of Health Professions, USA DANIELLE RIPICH Dean, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, USA LISA RUSSELL-PINSON Project Manager of Project MORE, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA ELLEN BOUCHARD RYAN Professor of Psychiatry and Gerontology at McMaster University, Canada DENA SHENK Professor of Anthropology and directs the Gerontology Program at University ofNorth Carolina-Charlotte, USA HENDRIKA SPYKERMAN Graduate student in the Sociology Program at McMaster University, Canada

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230206948
• ISBN 13: 9780230206946
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275
• Editor: Davis B.