Open AccessOvercoming Elderspeak: A Qualitative Study of Three Alternatives
Author(s) -
Anna I. Corwin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnx009
Subject(s) - narrative , psychology , isolation (microbiology) , cognition , linguistics , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , philosophy , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
This study identifies genres of communication that avoid the features of elderspeak and successfully engage cognitively or physically affected older adults in rich communicative interaction.
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