Comunicativa characterization in elderly home care of Bucaramanga, under a cognitive model Caracterización comunicativa de la población adulta mayor utilizando un modelo cognitivo

Abstract

Aging involves deterioration of cognitive functions, calling to question how this process causes specific language impairment. Therefore the interest of characterizing
communication skills in the elderly population of the “Centros de Bienestar del Adulto Mayor” (CBAM) of Bucaramanga arises. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted. Participants from six centers were included. Medical records were reviewed to determine demographic and background variables; also by executing tasks six related communication routes were assessed. Statistical analysis was performed in Stata 12.1 software using frequency measures of central tendency and the chi2 test.103 older adults were evaluated, of whom 25.2% had abnormalities in meaningless repetition of pseudowords. In women were present a greater frequency of alteration in the understanding of the spoken word (p = 0.01) and statistically significant differences by age in the meaningless repetition of pseudowords (p = 0.004 and p = 9,009). As a conclusion, due to population changes there is the need for further studies to avoid deterioration of the communication processes of the elderly.