Cognitive-Communication Disorders of Dementia

Cognitive-Communication Disorders of Dementia is 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 include:
● 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

263 pages, Illustrated (B/W), Softcover, 7 x 10"