Purpose This study identifies genres of communication that avoid the features of elderspeak
and successfully engage cognitively or physically affected older adults in rich …

This paper challenges some of the traditional views of older adults' speech by considering
conversational narrative interaction among three elderly peers from a life-span …

Language plays an important role in defining identities in older adulthood. Both self-
perception and others' perceptions of older adults are reflected through language used by …

Gerontological nurses promote health and successful aging for a growing population of
older adults. Care providers unknowingly may communicate messages of dependence …

Abstract Background and Objectives Elderspeak is an inappropriate simplified speech
register that sounds like baby talk and is used with older adults, especially in health care …

Social gerontological journals and texts emphasize the fact that, due to a dramatic increase
in life expectancy, the elderly constitute demographically the fastest growing segment of the …

By highlighting the commonalities across a range of disciplines, this volume provides a
unique and broad-based perspective on communication and ageing. This integrative …

Elderspeak (ie, infantilizing communication) is a common form of ageism that has been
linked to resistiveness to care in nursing home residents with dementia. Nursing home staff …

Ten service providers and 10 caregivers were recorded as they spoke to groups of younger
or older adults. Ten-minute speech samples were analyzed for the occurrence of …

There is so much to be learned, so much we don't know about the intersections between
language, aging, and dementia (the loss of cognitive functioning). The study of language …