THE LOGOPEDIC EXAMINATION OF PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DEMENTIA
Journal Title: Acta Neuropsychologica - Year 2015, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: A valuable source of information on a patient’s mental condition in dementia cases is an assessment of their narrative skills. In the course of a logopedic examination special attention should be focused on the problem of the conditioning of narrative utterances. The goal of examinations was to assess the functioning of the patient during interaction with the speech therapist in order to identify behaviors that disrupt the course of activities included in the adopted diagnostic procedure oriented towards identifying narrative skills.Material/Methods: The empirical material was obtained from a group of 60 patients with Alzheimer’s dementia (30 women (the mean age = 79.6) and 30 men /73.11/). The study used the author’s own “Scale of Narrative Skills” – one of its constituents is the “Observation Card”, which specifies the following categories of undesirable behavior: 1) deviations from instructions; 2) additional activities while performing a task; 3) initiating other activities while performing subsequent tasks; 4) loss of interest, desistance; 5) deviations at the final stage of examination, after task completion. Results: In 85% of subjects, reported were disturbances concerning different aspects of the examination course (usually: additional activities while performing a task; initiating other activities while performing subsequent tasks; deviations from instructions). Problems occurring in every fourth patient were diagnosed as fundamental because of their intensity.Conclusions: It is largely difficult for the speech therapist to reach an agreement with the patient in a diagnostic situation and guide their behavior.
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Aneta Domagała
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