Dementia encompasses a wide range of symptoms that compromise a person’s ability to perform daily tasks. Symptoms of dementia include impairments in memory, behavior, language, and cognition (Alzheimer’s Association, 2012). There are many causes of dementia including neurological disease, vascular disease, and traumatic brain injury. In the 1980’s, medical doctors began to inquire about the speech, language, and hearing of patients with dementia. Since then, the speech language pathologist’s (SLPs) role in the multidisciplinary team of those who care for adults with dementia has emerged. SLPs assess, diagnose, treat, and counsel adults with dementia (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2005). Currently identified as a national
