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Socially responsive clinical education for diverse geriatric neurorehabilitation services
What is it about?
This article discusses the needs and possible educational approach to train Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) practitioners to serve and advocate for the growing ethnically diverse geriatric groups in neurorehabilitation in the United States.
Why is it important?
As the population ages and becomes more diverse in the United States, rehabilitation practitioners will be working with larger geriatric populations with age-related neurological disabilities, especially minoritized older adults with high vulnerability to stroke and dementia. A Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) educational approach, coproduced by training institutions, underserved communities, and organizational leaders, can be useful to train SLP providers with the technical knowledge and social consciousness to address systemic drivers of health perpetuating disparities in health, care, and outcomes in ethnogeriatric populations in the United States.