Older adults with communication disabilities and their use of communication support at doctor's visits: a nationally representative study.
Disabil Rehabil
; : 1-8, 2024 Jun 03.
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Over half of older adults with communication disabilities do not utilize a communication support person at doctors' visits, and utilization differs by race and gender.Rehabilitation professionals should educate their older adult patients with communication disabilities on this practice and collaborate with speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and audiologists (AuDs) on how to accommodate this population's disability.SLPs and AuDs can directly train support persons, other rehabilitation professionals, and physicians on accommodating these patients. For patients who don't bring a support person, SLPs and AuDs can plan alternative communication disability supports to use in healthcare settings, so that all older adults with CDs can equitably access their healthcare.
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