Instrumentos de evaluación estandarizados para la caracterización de las habilidades lingüísticas en adultos mayores con demencia tipo Alzheimer y demencia vascular

Abstract

The most common dementia diseases presented in the elderly are Alzheimer’s type dementia and vascular dementia, which, generate a cognitive deterioration that affects social interaction and language skills, Making it difficult to communicate actively and effectively in daily life (Ardila, 2006). For this reason, it is important to identify by means of an evaluation protocol the level of deterioration of the communicative language skills.