Cognitive Therapies in Speech Therapy for Persons with Dementia

IntroductIonThe aging process is natural for all living beings.There are numerous definitions of aging, which differ in relation to the components they emphasize, but as the simplest definition, it is possible to single out that aging is a process of progressive physiological changes in the organism. 1During aging, a certain cognitive decline occurs even in relatively healthy individuals, which primarily affects a person's attention, but to a certain extent also memory. 2,3Healthy people of the third age solve routine, trained tasks without major difficulties, which they have automated, but show worse results on tasks that involve the use of new information. 4However, a much more pronounced, significant, and treatable cognitive decline occurs