Academic Centrehttps://doi.org/10.22364/lmahc.fd.24.06 | 63-76 | PDF
Dementia in Focus: Interdisciplinary Research Tasks in Latvia
Ineta Balode
University of Latvia
Dementia is a characteristic symptom of several diseases, but mainly Alzheimer’s disease. There are also characteristic manifestations of the disease in the affected person’s use of language and communication with others. The social problems faced by people with dementia and their relatives are increasingly being highlighted in the Latvian public discourse. At the same time, the importance of this issue has been recognized in the fields of medicine and care. It can be concluded that a solution to dementia patient support requires cooperation between several disciplines of science at different levels, because individual institutional initiatives, although a positive endeavour, cannot fully contribute to the theoretical and practical solution of this complex problem in Latvia.
Keywords: dementia in public discourse, language and communication, dementia from a multidisciplinary perspective
From: Balode, Ineta; Lele-Rozentāle, Dzintra; Priede, Zanda (compilers and scientific editors). Linguistic and Medical Aspects in Health Care. Focus on Dementia. Riga: University of Latvia Press, 2024.