Journal Reviews

People with dementia and their families want to see speech and language therapists!

1 November 2019 | | Paediatric ENT | Alzheimer’s disease, family members, lexical retrieval intervention, primary progressive aphasia, qualitative research

Language and communication difficulties are common in Alzheimer’s disease and, of course, language-led dementia (primary progressive aphasia). Communication difficulties are highlighted as one of the biggest burdens for family members caring for loved ones with dementia. This is often associated...