Speech-language pathologists who serve elders in a variety of long-term care settings have
a variety of professional skills and responsibilities. Fundamental to quality service is …

In the next two decades, there will be advances in the diagnosis and treatment of the
disorders of aging that have the potential to change the way speech-language pathologists …

Counseling older clients and their caregivers poses some unique challenges for speech-
language pathologists and audiologists. This article provides basic guidelines for improving …

The speech-language pathologist who aspires to counsel this population may benefit from
being familiar with several models that can place communication in context. The following …

This article addresses the need for speech pathologists and audiologists to develop
knowledgeable awareness of primary and secondary health factors that affect the aging …

One's intuitive impression is that optimizing the quality of communication for the elderly in
long-term care settings results in improved care delivery, improved client and employee …

SUMMARY I have discussed some of the issues that I consider most pertinent to people who
are ageing with a life-long disability and speech pathologists. I have not discussed the need …

In the 1980s work with elderly people was making up an increasing proportion of the
workload of speech therapists, due to the overall increase in the elderly population. At the …

This article considers the career of speech-language pathologists practicing in long-term
care/skilled nursing facility settings. The range of conditions that lead to communication …

The aims of this clinical forum were to consider communication, ageing, and lifelong
disability and the variety of roles that speech pathologists might fulfill working with older …