Dementia Exam Questions And Answers
2026 Update!!!
because communication and cognition are core
why do slps work with patients with dementia?
areas of slp practice
they support functional communication, teach
cognitive-communication and compensatory
the slp’s role when working with patients with strategies, provide caregiver education and
dementia training, dysphagia management, quality of life
support, and help maintain independence for as
long as possible
language, sustained attention, simple tasks
in normal aging, what is preserved? within divided attention, long-term memory,
and procedural memory
selective attention, complex multitasking within
divided attention, short-term memory, and
episodic memory
in normal aging, what might decline? there may be a mild word-finding difficulty
present, a slower processing and reaction time,
and difficulty in recalling details like when and
where something happened
an umbrella term for multiple
neurodegenerative diseases; memory loss plus
deficits in at lease one of the following areas:
verbal expression or verbal and written receptive
language skills, recognition and identification of
objects, ability to execute motor activities
dementia (assuming normal motor skills, normal sensory
function, and comprehension of the task), and
abstract thinking, judgement, and execution of
complex tasks
decline in cognitive domains that interferes with
independence
*not a part of normal aging
, memory, language, executive function,
domains affected in dementia
visuospatial skills, and behavior
2026 Update!!!
because communication and cognition are core
why do slps work with patients with dementia?
areas of slp practice
they support functional communication, teach
cognitive-communication and compensatory
the slp’s role when working with patients with strategies, provide caregiver education and
dementia training, dysphagia management, quality of life
support, and help maintain independence for as
long as possible
language, sustained attention, simple tasks
in normal aging, what is preserved? within divided attention, long-term memory,
and procedural memory
selective attention, complex multitasking within
divided attention, short-term memory, and
episodic memory
in normal aging, what might decline? there may be a mild word-finding difficulty
present, a slower processing and reaction time,
and difficulty in recalling details like when and
where something happened
an umbrella term for multiple
neurodegenerative diseases; memory loss plus
deficits in at lease one of the following areas:
verbal expression or verbal and written receptive
language skills, recognition and identification of
objects, ability to execute motor activities
dementia (assuming normal motor skills, normal sensory
function, and comprehension of the task), and
abstract thinking, judgement, and execution of
complex tasks
decline in cognitive domains that interferes with
independence
*not a part of normal aging
, memory, language, executive function,
domains affected in dementia
visuospatial skills, and behavior
