Communication Strategies and Sensory Function

Paper Session Chair(s)

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  Atalie Thompson, MD, MPH

  Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Ophthalmology and Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
  Surgical Ophthalmology; Geriatrics and Gerontology
  Atrium - Wake Forest Baptist Health
  Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Functional Hearing and Vision Impairment and Social Isolation Over 8 Years in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
  

  First Author: Alison Huang, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Implementation of Multimodal Interventions for Caregivers of Older Adults with Visual Impairments
  

  First Author: Afeez A. Hazzan, PhD – State University of New York at Brockport
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Strategies for Effective Communication Using Personal Protective Equipment in Nursing Homes: A Qualitative Study
  

  First Author: Clarissa Shaw, PhD, RN – University of Iowa
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Verbal Communication Between Nursing Home Staff and Residents with Dementia and Apathy: Language Analysis
  

  First Author: Ying-Ling Jao, PhD, RN – Pennsylvania State University
• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Visual Impairment Predicts Physical Function Decline: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study
  

  First Author: Atalie C. Thompson, MD, MPH – Atrium - Wake Forest Baptist Health