Talking With Your Older Patient: A Clinician's Handbook by National Institute of Aging - HTML preview

PLEASE NOTE: This is an HTML preview only and some elements such as links or page numbers may be incorrect.
Download the book in PDF, ePub, Kindle for a complete version.

Be Careful About Language

Some words may have different

For more information on

meanings to older patients than to you

low literacy, contact:

or your peers. For example, the word

“dementia” may connote insanity, and