Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Department of Speech-Language Pathology
Professors Publish Caregiver Book
Barbara O’Connor Wells, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, associate professor in the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program at NSU and Connie K. Porcaro, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, associate professor in the Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders program at Florida Atlantic University, co-edited and co-authored the book, “A Caregiver’s Guide to Communication Problems from Brain Injury or Disease” and will be published on February 22, 2022, by Johns Hopkins University Press.
NSU SLP faculty members, Frederick DiCarlo, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, associate professor and director of academic and faculty support, Lea Kaploun, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, associate professor, and associate professor, Elizabeth Roberts, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, all contributed chapters within their areas of expertise, along with adjunct faculty member, Marissa Barrera, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and professional colleague, Teresa Signorelli Pisano, Ph.D., CCC-SLP.
A team of experts in speech-language pathology wrote this guidebook as an all-in-one guide for helping caregivers of individuals with brain injury or degenerative disease to address speech, language, voice, memory, and swallowing impairment and to distinguish these problem areas from healthy aging.
Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of caregiving and features relatable patient examples. Providing answers to common questions, definitions of complex medical terms, and lists of helpful resources–touches on expected, age-related changes in communication, memory, swallowing, and hearing abilities, to name a few, offers practical strategies for caregivers to cope with speech, language, and voice problems and to maximize their loved one’s ability to communicate, reveals how caregivers can assist their loved ones with swallowing challenges to maintain good nutrition and hydration, provides crucial information on how caregivers can handle grief and take care of themselves during the caregiving process, explains how to incorporate the arts, as well as a loved one’s hobbies and interests, into their communication or memory recovery.
This comprehensive caregiver guidebook will allow readers to take a more informed and active role in their loved one’s care.
You may purchase the SLP caregiver book through Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Caregivers-Communication-Problems-DiseaseHopkins/dp/142144254X/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2NL9468RUHAKO&
keywords=caregiver+books+communication&qid=1643650438&sprefix=caregiver
+books+communication%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-6 or Barnes and Noble, https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-caregivers-guide-to-communication-problems-from-brain-injury-or-disease-barbara-oconnor-wells/1139740314?ean=9781421442556, or John Hopkins University Press, https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12629/caregivers-guide-communication-problems-brain-injury-or-disease.