elderspeak en · NOUN
Etymology
From elder + -speak.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A simplified, patronizing speech style used by younger adults when addressing elderly people.
In this case, the “communicative predicament of aging” is that elderspeak led to a decrease in the older adults' self-ratings of communicative competence yet it also improved their performance on the referential communication tasks.
1998, Norbert Schwarz, Cognition, Aging and Self-Reports, page 193: