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Dementia: Incorporating Families And Caregivers In Direct Speech-Language Intervention, Jocelyn Hartley
Dementia: Incorporating Families And Caregivers In Direct Speech-Language Intervention, Jocelyn Hartley
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In a survey, 50% of 1,000 caregivers reported that they received no information on dementia at the time of diagnosis (Thompson & Pulsford, 2012). This statistic provides strong evidence as to why caregivers feel ill-prepared to care for individuals with dementia. The role of a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is suggested to not only treat the individual with dementia, but consider the role and perspective of the caregiver (Watson, Aizawa, Savundranayagam & Orange, 2013). Providing education and training to caregivers of individuals with dementia is within the scope of practice of speech-language pathologists (Watson et al., 2013).
A survey design for …