Language and Communication in Old Age

by Ehernberger Hamilton,Heidi

• ISBN13: 9780815323563
• ISBN10: 0815323565
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume explores physiological and psychological changes in speech among the elderly, drawing on 20 years of research on the physical and emotional aspects of language and communication. Index.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi	(2)
List of Contributors	xiii
Introduction
1. Language and Communication in Old Age: Some Methodological Considerations	3	(22)
Heidi Ehernberger Hamilton
Section I: Language and Communicative Abilities in Old Age	25	(110)
2. On the Relationship between Memory and Language in the Dementia Spectrum of Depression, Alzheimer Syndrome, and Normal Aging	25	(38)
V. Olga B. Emery
3. Written Input to Enhance Comprehension in Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type	63	(14)
Loraine K. Obler
Lorraine Obermann
Ina Samuels
Martin L. Albert
4. Language-Related Factors Influencing Naming in Adulthood	77	(14)
Barbara A. Barresi
Loraine K. Obler
Rhoda Au
Martin L. Albert
5. Inferences in Processing of Text in Elderly Populations	91	(24)
Hanna K. Ulatowska
Sandra Bond Chapman
Julene Johnson
6. Facilitating Conversation with an Alzheimer's Disease Sufferer Through the Use of Indirect Repair	115	(20)
Steven R. Sabat
Section II: Identity in Old Age	135	(132)
7. Evaluation in the Bereavement Narratives of Elderly Irish American Widowers	135	(42)
Anne R. Bower
8. Ageing, Ageism and Anti-Ageism: Moral Stance in Geriatric Medical Discourse	177	(32)
Nikolas Coupland
Justine Coupland
9. When and How old Age Is Relevant in Discourse of the Elderly: A Case Study of Georgia O'Keeffe	209	(24)
Elif Tolga Rosenfeld
10. "I Can't Drive": Painful Self-Disclosure in Intergenerational Talk	233	(34)
Shoko Yohena Okazaki
Section III: Social Norms, Values, and Practices in Old Age	267	(108)
11. Gossip in an Older Women's Support Group: A Linguistic Analysis	267	(28)
Pamela A. Saunders
12. Elders' Complaints: Discourses on Old Age and Social Change in Rural Kenya and Urban Philadelphia	295	(24)
Maria G. Cattell
13. Elderly Women Speak about their Interactions with Health Care Providers	319	(32)
Joyce Allman
Sandra L. Ragan
Chevelle Newsome
Lucretia Scoufos
Jon Nussbaum
14. Grandmothers and Granddaughters in African American Families: Imparting Cultural Tradition and Womanhood between Generations of Women	351	(24)
Valerie Cryer McKay
Index	375