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Neuropsychological Evaluation of Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Older Adults

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Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia

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The US population is becoming both older and more culturally and linguistically diverse. These changes in the demographic profile of the USA highlight the urgent need for clinical neuropsychologists to be equipped to competently evaluate the growing population of older individuals from culturally/linguistically diverse backgrounds. However, there is a relative dearth of empirically based, practical resources specifically targeted toward serving such individuals. The aim of this chapter is to identify some of the most salient challenges in the evaluation of culturally/linguistically diverse underrepresented minority (URM) older adults and provide some guidelines to help face these challenges. Herein, we examine sociocultural issues germane to older patients referred for neuropsychological evaluation, discuss relevant assessment considerations, and offer concrete recommendations to aid neuropsychologists to engage in empirically supported, culturally responsive neuropsychological evaluation with culturally/linguistically diverse and underrepresented, older populations.

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Mindt, M.R. et al. (2019). Neuropsychological Evaluation of Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Older Adults. In: Ravdin, L.D., Katzen, H.L. (eds) Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Aging and Dementia. Clinical Handbooks in Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93497-6_3

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