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Semin Speech Lang 2007; 28(4): 273-282
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-986524
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The ICF and Dementia

Tammy Hopper1
  • 1Associate Professor, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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12 October 2007 (online)

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ABSTRACT

The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is a framework for describing and classifying an individual's health and health-related states. The purpose of this article is to discuss the relevance of the ICF to cognitive-communication disorders of dementia, in particular those of Alzheimer disease. These disorders are described according to the Functioning and Disability, and the Contextual Factors parts of the ICF, with a focus on assessment, coding and classification, intervention, and outcome measurement.

KEYWORDS

Dementia - Alzheimer disease - cognitive-communication disorders - ICF - speech-language pathology

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Tammy HopperPh.D. 

Associate Professor, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine

3-81 Corbett Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G4

Email: tammy.hopper@ualberta.ca

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