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Anna Volkmer; Lisa Cross; Lily Highton; Connie Jackson; Chloe Smith; Emilie Brotherhood; Emma V. Harding; Cath Mummery; Jonathan Rohrer; Rimona Weil; Keir Yong; Sebastian Crutch; Chris J. D. Hardy – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: People with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia, posterior cortical atrophy and young onset Alzheimer's disease may experience language and communication difficulties. However, the role of speech and language interventions for people with these non-language led dementias has received little attention. Aims:…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Needs, Dementia, Speech Therapy
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Jessica Foulkes; Anna Volkmer; Suzanne Beeke – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) have a responsibility to conduct assessments of decision-making capacity that comply with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). Current best-practice guidance, such as the Mental Capacity Code of Practice and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence decision-making and mental capacity guidance,…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Discourse Analysis, Speech Therapy, Allied Health Personnel