dementia, caregiving and communication
Literature Review Instructions
The literature review requires you to read and review 8 articles related to dementia, caregiving and communication. They must be peer reviewed academic articles. The first 4 articles will be provided for you under download file.
The other 4 articles can be about any of the following topics:
Problems encountered by families caring for a person with dementia.
Problems communicating with people with dementia
Problems encountered by professional caregivers (nurses, doctors, CNAs etc) when treating or caring for a person with dementia.
Features of communication in people with dementia
What aspects of communication are lost in dementia
What aspects of communication are retained in dementia
A literature review is not an annotated bibliography nor is it a summary of the papers. It is a critical review of the papers that should show that you,
(a) Understand the general gist of the research or theories presented in the articles/chapters
(b) Can assess the value of the research to field of dementia
(c) Can critically review the papers (that is you are able to note strengths and weaknesses of the research or theories presented in the article or chapter.
(d) You can use APA formatting
Your literature review should be a minimum of 5 pages in length (this does not include references or cover page). You should use 1.5 line spacing and 12 pt word font.
