NW GWEC
Speech Therapy in Dementia Care
Jeanne Gallée, PhD, CCC-SLP
University of Washington
Department of Medicine
Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lecture, you should be able to:
Identify features of speech, language, and communication
Define the functional impact of progressive change to speech, language, and communication
Describe differential approaches to speech therapy for people living with dementia
[From the Spring 2023 Dementia Geriatric Healthcare Lecture Series]