Dialogue and Dementia: Cognitive and Communicative Resources for Engagement

by Robert W. Schrauf

This volume takes the positive view that conversation between persons with dementia and their interlocutors is a privileged site for ongoing cognitive engagement. The book aims to identify and describe specific linguistic devices or strategies at the level of turn-by-turn talk that promote and extend conversation, and to explore real-world engagements that reflect these strategies.

Final reflections tie these linguistic strategies and practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848726627
• ISBN13: 9781848726628
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"