Communication And Aging

Author : Jon F. Nussbaum,Loretta L. Pecchioni,James D. Robinson,Teresa L. Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135667252

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Communication and Aging by Jon F. Nussbaum,Loretta L. Pecchioni,James D. Robinson,Teresa L. Thompson Pdf

This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking work of the first edition, emphasizing a life-span approach toward understanding the social interaction that occurs during later life. The edition provides a comprehensive update on the existing and emerging research within communication and aging studies and considers such topics as notions of successful aging, positive and negative stereotypes toward older adults, and health communication issues. It raises awareness of the barriers facing elderly people in conversation and the importance such conversations have in elderly people's lives. The impact of nonrelational processes, such as hearing loss, are considered as they impact relationships with others and affect the ability to age successfully. The book is organized into 14 chapters. Each chapter is written so that the reader is presented with an exhaustive review of the pertinent and recent literature from the social sciences. As in the first edition, when the literature is empirically based, the communicative ramifications are then discussed. Readers of this volume will gain greater understanding of the importance of their communicative relationships and how significant they remain across the life span. Developed for students in communication, psychology, nursing, social gerontology, sociology, and related areas, Communication and Aging provides important insights on communication to all who are affected by the aging process.

Author : Jake Harwood
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781412926096

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Understanding Communication and Aging by Jake Harwood Pdf

The book examines key topics such as interpersonal and family relationships in old age, media portrayals of aging, cultural variations in intergenerational communication, and health communication in old age.

Author : Howard Giles,Jessica Gasiorek,Shardé M. Davis,Jane Giles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781000476057

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Communication for Successful Aging by Howard Giles,Jessica Gasiorek,Shardé M. Davis,Jane Giles Pdf

This essential volume explores the vital role of communication in the aging process and how this varies for different social groups and cultural communities. It reveals how communication can empower people in the process of aging, and that how we communicate about age is critically important to – and is at the heart of – aging successfully. Giles et al. confront the uncertainty and negativity surrounding "aging" – a process with which we all have to cope – by expertly placing communication at the core of the process. They address the need to avoid negative language, discuss the lifespan as an evolving adventure, and introduce a new theory of successful aging – the communication ecology model of successful aging (CEMSA). They explore the research on key topics including: age stereotypes, age identities, and messages of ageism; the role of culture, gender, ethnicity, and being a member of marginalized groups; the ingredients of intergenerational communication; depiction of aging and youth in the media; and how and why talk about death and dying can be instrumental in promoting control over life’s demands. Communication for Successful Aging is essential reading for graduate students of psychology, human development, gerontology, and communication, scholars in the social sciences, and all of us concerned with this complex academic and highly personal topic.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Steering Committee for the Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309091169

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Technology for Adaptive Aging by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Steering Committee for the Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging Pdf

Emerging and currently available technologies offer great promise for helping older adults, even those without serious disabilities, to live healthy, comfortable, and productive lives. What technologies offer the most potential benefit? What challenges must be overcome, what problems must be solved, for this promise to be fulfilled? How can federal agencies like the National Institute on Aging best use their resources to support the translation from laboratory findings to useful, marketable products and services? Technology for Adaptive Aging is the product of a workshop that brought together distinguished experts in aging research and in technology to discuss applications of technology to communication, education and learning, employment, health, living environments, and transportation for older adults. It includes all of the workshop papers and the report of the committee that organized the workshop. The committee report synthesizes and evaluates the points made in the workshop papers and recommends priorities for federal support of translational research in technology for older adults.

Author : Jon F. Nussbaum,Justine Coupland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135639822

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Handbook of Communication and Aging Research by Jon F. Nussbaum,Justine Coupland Pdf

This second edition of the Handbook of Communication and Aging Research captures the ever-changing and expanding domain of aging research. Since it was first recognized that there is more to social aging than demography, gerontology has needed a communication perspective. Like the first edition, this handbook sets out to demonstrate that aging is not only an individual process but an interactive one. The study of communication can lead to an understanding of what it means to grow old. We may age physiologically and chronologically, but our social aging--how we behave as social actors toward others, and even how we align ourselves with or come to understand the signs of difference or change as we age--are phenomena achieved primarily through communication experiences. Synthesizing the vast amount of research that has been published on communication and aging in numerous international outlets over the last three decades, the book's contributors include scholars from North America and the United Kingdom who are active researchers in the perspectives covered in their particular chapter. Many of the chapters work to deny earlier images of aging as involving normative decrement to provide a picture of aging as a process of development involving positive choices and providing new opportunities. A recuring theme in many chapters is that of the heterogeneity of the group of people who are variously categorized as older, aged, elderly, or over 65. The contributors review the literature analytically, in a way that reveals not only current theoretical and methodological approaches to communication and aging research but also sets the future agenda. This handbook will be of great interest to scholars and researchers in gerontology, developmental psychology, and communication, and, in this updated edition, will continue to play a key role in the study of communication and aging.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Food Forum
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309158831

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Providing Healthy and Safe Foods As We Age by Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Food Forum Pdf

Does a longer life mean a healthier life? The number of adults over 65 in the United States is growing, but many may not be aware that they are at greater risk from foodborne diseases and their nutritional needs change as they age. The IOM's Food Forum held a workshop October 29-30, 2009, to discuss food safety and nutrition concerns for older adults.

Author : Mary Ann Toner,Barbara Bennett Shadden,Michael B. Gluth
Publisher : Pro Ed
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1416404945

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Aging and Communication by Mary Ann Toner,Barbara Bennett Shadden,Michael B. Gluth Pdf

The second edition of Aging and Communication provides a discussion of life-span aspects of communication behavior, disorders, and interventions. Chapters are written in a reader-friendly format, highlighting clinically relevant information. In-depth discussion of the effect of aging on hearing, speech/voice, swallowing, cognition and language are provided. For each clinical area, information includes: * Effects of normal aging * Disorders that occur frequently in the elderly population * Social, psychological, and environmental factors that influence functioning * Evidence-based assessment and intervention strategies * Relevant reimbursement issues Authors from multiple disciplines contribute content that reflects the interdisciplinary challenges of understanding communication and aging. The text is organized around a framework of primary, secondary, and tertiary aging. The book challenges the reader to examine their attitudes regarding aging and provides suggestions for interaction with the elderly. It also includes discussions of end-of-life legal issues, counseling, and hospice care.

Author : Angela N. Burda
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781449662851

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Communication and Swallowing Changes in Healthy Aging Adults by Angela N. Burda Pdf

Communication and Swallow Changes in Healthy Aging Adults compiles and presents the available research on healthy aging adults’ performance and abilities in the following areas: auditory comprehension, reading comprehension, speaking, writing, voice and motor speech abilities, cognition, and swallowing. This text also presents principles from the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and its applications to aging adults. One of the first texts to cover these principles, this book will address the need for a comprehensive view of communication and swallow issues in aging for students of speech-language pathology. Speech-language pathologist students will learn how to fully compare what would be considered normal for their elderly patients rather than overestimating or underestimating what aging adults are capable of doing. Knowing what would be considered within the spectrum of normal, will help speech-language pathologists to address therapy as effectively as possible. Having this information at hand is particularly important as the nation’s population is aging at a rapid rate and there is a need for evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology. Written in an easy to follow format, Communication and Swallow Changes in Healthy Aging Adults includes original research data, discussion questions and a list of Quick Facts at the end of each chapter to summarize key points. This text will serve as a useful resource as students see elderly clients in on-campus speech and hearing clinics and when they intern at hospitals and long-term care facilities. Instructor Resources: PowerPoint Slides and an Image Bank Testimonial: “Communication and Swallowing Changes in Healthy Aging Adults is a handy text, portable, and logically organized. The information is easy to follow complimented by information presented in tables/charts. This text would be helpful to a practicing therapist when making a differential diagnosis between a normal vs. atypical aging process. Communication and Swallowing Changes in Healthy Aging Adults would be an appropriate text for courses in Communications Disorders Departments for graduate students in a neuro course or a neurogenic communication disorders course, and in lifespan development courses as in the field of Psychology and Gerontology.” ~ Susan Durnford, M.S.,CCC-SLP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, Ithaca College

Author : Raymond H. Hull
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Communication
ISBN : 163550001X

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Communication Disorders in Aging by Raymond H. Hull Pdf

This book concentrates not only on the various communication disorders primarily affecting older adults, but also upon aspects of ageing that have an impact on caring services and strategies. The topics covered are those described by professionals who provide services to the communicatively impaired elderly as those most critical for both practisin

Author : Barbara Bennett Shadden,Mary Ann Toner
Publisher : Pro-Ed
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Medical
ISBN : UVA:X004267376

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Aging and Communication by Barbara Bennett Shadden,Mary Ann Toner Pdf

Nineteen contributions provide a resource for professionals who seek to improve the appropriateness, quality, and breadth of interventions with communicatively impaired older adults. Arrangement is in two sections. The first covers various aspects of aging, and includes focus on the social, physical, and mental problems of aging; and the second establishes care setting and service delivery models for intervention approaches. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : David Solie
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781101097885

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How to Say It® to Seniors by David Solie Pdf

A practical guide to bridging the generation gap. In How to Say It to Seniors, geriatric psychology expert David Solie offers help in removing the typical communication blocks many experience with the elderly. By sharing his insights into the later stages of life, Solie helps in understanding the unique perspective of seniors, and provides the tools to relate to them.

Author : Denise L. Calhoun
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781612495309

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Changing Seasons by Denise L. Calhoun Pdf

Effective communication enhances quality of life. In Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging, Denise Calhoun provides a language-based, interdisciplinary program to help older adults improve their communication skills. Each activity reveals new, creative, and fun ways to get individuals to speak, think, write, engage with others, and use their imagination. As the activities promote meaningful interactions and the creation of a stimulating environment, Changing Seasons underscores the importance of sustaining quality of life as we and those we love age.

Author : Linda S. Carozza
Publisher : Plural Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : HEALTH & FITNESS
ISBN : 9781597568852

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Communication and Aging by Linda S. Carozza Pdf

Author : Daniel S. Beasley,George Albyn Davis
Publisher : Grune & Stratton, Incorporated
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Aging
ISBN : UOM:39015010138892

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Aging, Communication Processes and Disorders by Daniel S. Beasley,George Albyn Davis Pdf

Author : Neil Charness, PhD,Denise Park, PhD,Bernhard Sabel, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826197122

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Communication, Technology and Aging by Neil Charness, PhD,Denise Park, PhD,Bernhard Sabel, PhD Pdf

In this volume, acknowledged experts present state of the art reviews and empirical data on how aging affects personal communication, and how technology can contribute to improving communication efficacy. Chapters are divided into three sections. The first section provides a basic overview of issues in this field. The second section deals with socio-cultural issues. The final section addresses issues around training and compensation. The volume contains new research on heretofore unexplored areas within the field of aging, such as: computer use and design, internet use, and computer literacy. For gerontologists, psychologists, and other professionals interested in aging.