CCANDL Publishes a New Paper on Lucidity

Dr. Mueller and CCANDL team members recently published a new paper: A Scoping Review of Episodes of Lucidity in People Living With Dementia Near the End of Life: The Potential Role of Speech-Language Pathology in Research and Practice. This paper looks at the role Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) may have on progressing care and research for people living with dementia who are near the end of their life. Specifically, the paper looks at individuals experiencing episodes of lucidity (ELs), which are when a person living with dementia has moments of temporary recovery of function, communication abilities, and/or awareness of surroundings.

To access the paper, go to:

https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2024_PERSP-24-00033

This a great accomplishment for our lab and the future of research for EL! This was a large team effort supported by our students and staff. I would like to highlight the efforts of two of our students, Madeline and Olivia, our research program manager, Leah, and our Principal Investigator, Dr. Mueller!

Madeline Hale, CCC-SLP (MS/PhD SLP student)

Madeline is smiling in this professional photo. She has shoulder-length curly blonde hair. She is wearing a green and blue plaid shirt and a white pendant necklace. There are windows in the blurred background behind her.

Olivia Goulette (MS SLP student)

Olivia is smiling on a wooden bridge. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a white fuzzy sweater. In the background is white sand and green shrubs and trees.

Leah Sanson-Miles (Research Program Manager for CCANDL)

Leah is smiling at the camera. She has wavy light brown hair and is wearing a gray and black polka-dot shirt. The background behind her is a white wall and light window.

Dr. Kimberly Mueller, PhD (Principal Investigator of CCANDL)

Professional headshot of Kimberly Mueller, who is smiling. She has shoulder-length dark brown hair and is wearing a black shirt and a thin silver necklace. She also has dangling silver rectangular earrings in. The background behind her is dark gray.