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

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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