Mr. charles, age 78, has had alzheimer's disease for the past nine years. a recent speech and language evaluation at his nursing home indicated severe deficits in verbal reasoning, memory, word finding, discourse, pragmatics, phonology, semantics, and syntax. which of the following should the speech-language pathologist do next?
a. recommend individual treatment to improve his receptive and expressive language skills, beginning with the areas where he is least deficient
b. recommend individual treatment to improve his receptive and expressive language skills, beginning with the areas where he is most deficient
c. initiate group treatment with other adults with language impairments to improve spontaneous conversational speech and pragmatic skills
d. examine his living conditions and, if necessary, educate the nursing staff concerning ways to him communicate more effectively