Overview
Description
Aspects of healthy aging and acquired disorders of speech, language, hearing, and swallowing.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- articulate how working relationships with older adults, their families, and/or caregivers aligns with academic knowledge gained in the course and with career goals.
- demonstrate competency in establishing successful, intergenerational communication with older adults who are experiencing sensory deficits, acquired or developmental disabilities, and/or medical conditions resulting in cognitive-communicative disorders.
- articulate normal and abnormal changes in hearing, speech, voice, swallow, language, cognition, and communication in elderly populations.
- explain issues relevant to adults aging with life long disabilities including physical disabilities and intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD).
- examine the concept of Health Literacy and its impact on elders with and without communication disorders.
- describe effective techniques for communicating with elders (patients/clients).