Method: Sixty-three older adults ranging from 63 to 93 years of age were administered the Social Communication subtest of the Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults (FACS; Frattali, Thompson, Holland, Wohl,& Ferketic, 1995) along with the Healthcare Communication Profile (Hester, 2006), which is a self-report measure of communication skills within the health care setting. In addition, a narrative was collected from each participant.Correlation and stepwise multiple regression procedures
were completed to determine relationships between the use of pragmatic skills in the two settings.
Results: Results indicated significant relationships between pragmatic skills used in social communication settings and pragmatic skills used in health care settings.
Conclusion: The pragmatic skills used by older adults in social communication settings are related to the pragmatic skills they used in health care settings.