I'm hearing a lot of Elderspeak. 😏
December 19, 2023 at 2:38 PM
I'm hearing a lot of Elderspeak. 😏
Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients.
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak (Gift Article)
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients.
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak - KFF Health News
A new training program teaches workers to stop the baby talk and address older people as adults.
kffhealthnews.org
May 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak.
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"Honey, Sweetie, Dearie": There Are Perils in Elderspeak. A new training program teaches care aides to address older people as adults, and not infantilize them, by Paula Span www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h... via @nytimes.com #eldercare
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Honey, Sweetie, Dearie": There Are Perils in Elderspeak. A new training program teaches care aides to address older people as adults, and not infantilize them, by Paula Span www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h... via @nytimes.com #eldercare
‘Elderspeak’ can serve important functions in conversations between healthcare professionals and patients with dementia.
Dementia care: are terms of endearment like ‘sweetheart’ comforting or condescending?
‘Elderspeak’ can serve important functions in conversations between healthcare professionals and patients with dementia.
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April 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Elderspeak’ can serve important functions in conversations between healthcare professionals and patients with dementia.
*cries in Elderspeak*
November 27, 2023 at 2:08 AM
*cries in Elderspeak*
Ageism. Stop it.
“Elderspeak diminishes and devalues. It erodes autonomy and voice and feeds the perception that older people are passive onlookers to life, basically irrelevant.” #ageism #auspol
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Elderspeak diminishes and devalues. It erodes autonomy and voice and feeds the perception that older people are passive onlookers to life, basically irrelevant.” #ageism #auspol
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Why was this stranger calling me sweetheart? The benevolent ageism of ‘elderspeak’
It wasn’t the first time Marcia van Zeller had been treated as someone in need of a lap rug and a cup of hot cocoa. But well-intended words can still sting
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Ageism. Stop it.
“Elderspeak diminishes and devalues. It erodes autonomy and voice and feeds the perception that older people are passive onlookers to life, basically irrelevant.” #ageism #auspol
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Elderspeak diminishes and devalues. It erodes autonomy and voice and feeds the perception that older people are passive onlookers to life, basically irrelevant.” #ageism #auspol
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Understanding Elderspeak: What It Is and Why Caregivers Should Avoid Using It aarp.org/caregiving/b... by @aarp.org
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
Understanding Elderspeak: What It Is and Why Caregivers Should Avoid Using It
Sing-songy tones and baby talk may hurt your loved ones, not help them
aarp.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Understanding Elderspeak: What It Is and Why Caregivers Should Avoid Using It aarp.org/caregiving/b... by @aarp.org
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
#Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
People understand almost intuitively what “elderspeak” means. “It’s communication to older adults that sounds like baby talk,” said Clarissa Shaw, a dementia care researcher at the University of Iowa College of Nursing
“It arises from an ageist assumption of frailty, incompetence, and dependence.”
“It arises from an ageist assumption of frailty, incompetence, and dependence.”
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak - KFF Health News
A new training program teaches workers to stop the baby talk and address older people as adults.
kffhealthnews.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
People understand almost intuitively what “elderspeak” means. “It’s communication to older adults that sounds like baby talk,” said Clarissa Shaw, a dementia care researcher at the University of Iowa College of Nursing
“It arises from an ageist assumption of frailty, incompetence, and dependence.”
“It arises from an ageist assumption of frailty, incompetence, and dependence.”
Episode 5 of Mempathy is out! We discuss "Elderspeak", a phenomenon whereby younger people change their tone and vocabulary when speaking to someone older. This impacts on behaviour and cognition, for example reducing comprehension. Here: mempathy.podbean.com/e/episode-5-...
Episode 5: Elderspeak | Mempathy
The way we speak to people with memory loss really matters - not just what we say, but how we say it. In this episode Sonia and Catherine explore the concept of "elderspeak". Research shows that most...
mempathy.podbean.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Episode 5 of Mempathy is out! We discuss "Elderspeak", a phenomenon whereby younger people change their tone and vocabulary when speaking to someone older. This impacts on behaviour and cognition, for example reducing comprehension. Here: mempathy.podbean.com/e/episode-5-...
“Elderspeak can be controlling, kind of bossy, so to soften that message there’s ‘honey,’ ‘dearie,’ ‘sweetie,’” said Kristine Williams, a nurse gerontologist at the University of Kansas School of Nursing and another co-author of the article.
Here's why it should be avoided ⤵️
Here's why it should be avoided ⤵️
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak - KFF Health News
A new training program teaches workers to stop the baby talk and address older people as adults.
kffhealthnews.org
May 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Elderspeak can be controlling, kind of bossy, so to soften that message there’s ‘honey,’ ‘dearie,’ ‘sweetie,’” said Kristine Williams, a nurse gerontologist at the University of Kansas School of Nursing and another co-author of the article.
Here's why it should be avoided ⤵️
Here's why it should be avoided ⤵️
I work at a seniors’ community centre. I don’t engage in elderspeak but an ex colleague did and it was cringe.
July 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I work at a seniors’ community centre. I don’t engage in elderspeak but an ex colleague did and it was cringe.
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Once you are aware of it you can't unhear it. All around you Elderspeak occurs.
Once you are aware of it you can't unhear it. All around you Elderspeak occurs.
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Once you are aware of it you can't unhear it. All around you Elderspeak occurs.
Once you are aware of it you can't unhear it. All around you Elderspeak occurs.
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Pragmatics x4
Morphology
Semantics
Phonetics
Semiotics
Language of social media
The glottal stop
Accentism
Linguistic relativity
Language and gender
Multimodality
Ecolinguistics
Elderspeak
Tolle Themen, oder 🥰 The glottal stop, da mus man erst mal drauf kommen
Pragmatics x4
Morphology
Semantics
Phonetics
Semiotics
Language of social media
The glottal stop
Accentism
Linguistic relativity
Language and gender
Multimodality
Ecolinguistics
Elderspeak
Tolle Themen, oder 🥰 The glottal stop, da mus man erst mal drauf kommen
September 28, 2023 at 4:57 AM
Themen meiner BA-Prüfungen heute:
Pragmatics x4
Morphology
Semantics
Phonetics
Semiotics
Language of social media
The glottal stop
Accentism
Linguistic relativity
Language and gender
Multimodality
Ecolinguistics
Elderspeak
Tolle Themen, oder 🥰 The glottal stop, da mus man erst mal drauf kommen
Pragmatics x4
Morphology
Semantics
Phonetics
Semiotics
Language of social media
The glottal stop
Accentism
Linguistic relativity
Language and gender
Multimodality
Ecolinguistics
Elderspeak
Tolle Themen, oder 🥰 The glottal stop, da mus man erst mal drauf kommen
"Age in America: Is elderspeak harmful or helpful?" Who writes these headlines? People who like being condescended to? I didn't like being called "young lady" when I *was* one. www.msn.com/en-au/health...
www.msn.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:27 PM
"Age in America: Is elderspeak harmful or helpful?" Who writes these headlines? People who like being condescended to? I didn't like being called "young lady" when I *was* one. www.msn.com/en-au/health...
Elderspeak: How Patronizing Speech Harms Older Adults - Learn what #elderspeak is, why it harms #seniors and people with #disabilities, and how #patronizing baby talk speech patterns reinforce #ageism and #stereotypes - www.disabled-world.com/disability/p...
Elderspeak: How Patronizing Speech Harms Older Adults
Learn what elderspeak is, why it harms older adults and people with disabilities, and how patronizing baby talk speech patterns reinforce ageism and stereotypes.
www.disabled-world.com
February 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Elderspeak: How Patronizing Speech Harms Older Adults - Learn what #elderspeak is, why it harms #seniors and people with #disabilities, and how #patronizing baby talk speech patterns reinforce #ageism and #stereotypes - www.disabled-world.com/disability/p...
This story cites a new article in The Gerontologist, "The Iowa Coding Scheme for Elderspeak: Development and Validation." kffhealthnews.org/news/article... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak - KFF Health News
A new training program teaches workers to stop the baby talk and address older people as adults.
kffhealthnews.org
June 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This story cites a new article in The Gerontologist, "The Iowa Coding Scheme for Elderspeak: Development and Validation." kffhealthnews.org/news/article... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
It seems that condescending "elderspeak" is also condescending gay speak.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak - KFF Health News
A new training program teaches workers to stop the baby talk and address older people as adults.
kffhealthnews.org
May 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It seems that condescending "elderspeak" is also condescending gay speak.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Elderspeak “it’s time for your pills now sweetie” and why its bad for health communication www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Elderspeak “it’s time for your pills now sweetie” and why its bad for health communication www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
I discuss elderspeak as an example in my language de-socialization article. I don't fully believe the claim that it's implicitly ageist as much as it overappropriates linguistic accommodation strategies for dealing with the less communicatively competent.
Episode 5 of Mempathy is out! We discuss "Elderspeak", a phenomenon whereby younger people change their tone and vocabulary when speaking to someone older. This impacts on behaviour and cognition, for example reducing comprehension. Here: mempathy.podbean.com/e/episode-5-...
Episode 5: Elderspeak | Mempathy
The way we speak to people with memory loss really matters - not just what we say, but how we say it. In this episode Sonia and Catherine explore the concept of "elderspeak". Research shows that most...
mempathy.podbean.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I discuss elderspeak as an example in my language de-socialization article. I don't fully believe the claim that it's implicitly ageist as much as it overappropriates linguistic accommodation strategies for dealing with the less communicatively competent.