Quadros demenciais em idosos e suas implicações no desempenho da linguagem e fala

Abstract

Introduction: According to the WHO, about 10 million people develop some form of dementia each year and according to Mac-Key et al (2003) with regard to aspects of communication, people with dementia have disorders in intentional linguistic communication and not linguistic, the communication of ideas being the basis of intentional communication and it is exactly in the field of ideas that the degenerative process takes place. Objective: List the main dementia in elderly people and identify the main changes in speech and language of this population. Method: retrospective review of the literature in the databases Scielo, Lilacs, CAPES and PubMed Journals Portal, with publications from 2005 to 2016. Results: Patients with dementia have language and speech alterations since the initial stage of the disease and the most recurring changes are in understanding and naming. Conclusion: People with dementia have language disorders resulting from brain degeneration and it is extremely important that there is a work to prevent these changes in order to delay the appearance of these problems as much as possible, ensuring a better quality of life for these patients.