PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION OF THE PHONOAUDIOLOGIST WITH THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION: LITERATURE REVIEW

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Published: Jul 20, 2018
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Fonoaudiólogo, roles, funciones, adulto mayor Phonoaudiologist, professional practices, roles, old people

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Fga. Nidia Carolina Montoya Moreno
Fga. Yenny Rodríaguez Hernández

Abstract

The Phonoaudiologist is a professional who works with communication and its disorders and plays an important role in working with old people.


Aim: This literature review describes the scope of this professional practices and service delivery. 


Method: A systematic research of electronic databases was undertaken. SCIELO, EBSCO, ELSEVIER, REDALYC, ONELIBRARY, JOURNAL and PUBMED were the electronic databases used in this review and sixty- five articles were analyzed.


Results: The report shows: a) language, swallowing and hearing disorders are the most studied topics within the older population; b) therapeutic work for neurological disorders is the focused of the studies; and c) health care is the most studied work setting.


Discussion: This report suggests to develop studies in others work setting different to health care because there are many old adults without neurological disorders who live at their homes or at geriatric places that need to improve their communicative skills.

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Montoya Moreno NC, Rodríguez Hernández Y. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION OF THE PHONOAUDIOLOGIST WITH THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION: LITERATURE REVIEW. RF [Internet]. 2018Jul.20 [cited 2026May1];65(1):33-47. Available from: https://www.fonoaudiologica.asalfa.org.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/93
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Vol. 65 No. 1 (2018): Fonoaudiológica Magazine july 2018
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Author Biographies

Fga. Nidia Carolina Montoya Moreno

Fonoaudióloga. Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud.  Programa de Fonoaudiología. Grupo Desarrollo y Discapacidad de la Comunicación Interpersonal - Estudio y Abordaje.

Fga. Yenny Rodríaguez Hernández

Fonoaudióloga. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Especialización en psicolingüística Universidad Distrital Francisco José De Caldas. Docente de pregrado y postgrado Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana.