Written with the British reader in mind, but equally instructive for Americans, covers aging and communication; language and language change in the normal elderly population; the grammatical structure of conversational language, complex structures, errors and repair, and language profiles in the normal elderly; language pathology in Alzheimer's and non-Alzheimer dementias; current service provisions for the elderly in the UK; speech and language therapy interventions; and future directions. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Used Book in Good Condition