Effectiveness in the implementation of language programs for the improvement of communication skills in people with dementia.
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Introduction: the predominant cognitive stimulation in the population with cognitive impairment focuses on preserving the skills required to carry out activities of daily living that manage to maintain the autonomous life of patients for as long as possible. The progressive decline suffered by people with dementia significantly affects all areas of the person, including their ability to communicate, causing a great feeling of dependency and disability. The design of cognitive and language stimulation programs is committed to promoting the maintenance and compensation of skills for effective communicative interaction of patients with dementia with their environment. Objective: exploratory analysis of results obtained through the implementation of communication stimulation and maintenance programs in people with cognitive impairment. The aim is to identify significant changes in tests of nomination, evocation and sequencing and to know if these designs offer patients the possibility of maintaining and stabilizing multiple superior functions. Methodology: we carried out a systematic bibliographic review of the last 12 years that collects and synthesizes the main quasiexperimental works in English and Spanish. Results: evidence of the strengthening of preserved cognitive skills, as well as stimulation of communication skills despite the progression of the disease. Conclusions: the importance of considering the type of cognitive deterioration and the stage of the disease is highlighted in order to adapt the activities according to the needs of each person, using their strengths and reinforcing a set of communication strategies that are widely beneficial.
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