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Effective Communication With Elders

Long-term care personnel may overlook various barriers to effective communication with older adults and consequently misinterpret verbal and behavioral messages. General principles of the communication process are reviewed with an emphasis placed on problems created by sensory changes, staff attitudes and beliefs, and various types of disease that may affect the residents. Strategies to promote more effective communication are offered.

* If you need software to read .PDF files click here [1].

File name File format Contents
Support materials Microsoft word [2]

PDF [3]

Statement of intended Use;
Objectives, outline;
Notes to the instructor; handouts;
Bibliography;
Script Microsoft word [4]

PDF [5]

Lecturer's script
Slides PDF [6] Program slides only
PPT PowerPoint [7] Slides, Lecturer's script in notes view

 

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Source URL: http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/hartford/geriatric-training-getting-the-facts

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[1] http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
[2] http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/default/files/documents/hartford/Commun-Support-Mat.doc
[3] http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/default/files/documents/hartford/Commun-Support-Mat.pdf
[4] http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/default/files/documents/hartford/Commun-Lect-Script.doc
[5] http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/default/files/documents/hartford/Commun-Lect-Script.pdf
[6] http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/default/files/documents/hartford/Communication.pdf
[7] http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/default/files/documents/hartford/Communication.ppt