Cognitive-Communication Disorders of Dementia

TEXTBOOK
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Designed both as a text for classes on adult language disorders, namely the cognitive-communicative disorders associated with age-related dementia-associated disease, and as a useful handbook for professionals who work with these clients, this new book comprehensively details the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of such disorders. The authors, with over 27 years of experience working with individuals with dementia, have conducted three NIH longitudinal studies of individuals with dementia and have authored two widely-used standardized tests for evaluating dementia patients. They bring here the culmination of their lifelong studies and research and provide an in-depth and thorough text for students and clinicians alike.

CONTENTS

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Dementia
• Chapter 2 The Neural Bases of Cognition and Language
• Chapter 3 Cognition and Communication
• Chapter 4 Alzheimer’s Dementia
• Chapter 5 Dementia and Down Syndrome
• Chapter 6 Vascular Dementia
• Chapter 7 Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia
• Chapter 8 Dementia and Lewy Body Disease
• Chapter 9 Dementia and Huntington’s Disease
• Chapter 10 Frontotemporal Dementia
• Chapter 11 Assessment of Cognitive Communication Disorders of Dementia
• Chapter 12 Treating Cognitive Communication Disorders of Dementia-Direct Interventions
• Chapter 13 Treating Cognitive Communication Disorders of Dementia-Indirect Interventions
• Chapter 14 Care Planning

Appendix
Index

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kathryn Bayles, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona.

Cheryl Tomoeda, M.S., Research Specialist, Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona.

AUDIENCE
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