VERBALIZACIóN EN DOS MUJERES OCTOGENARIAS - VERBALIZATION IN TWO OCTOGENARIAN WOMEN

This research was developed according to the criteria of the empiric analytic paradigm. It includes a descriptive analysis about the verbal fluency of two people who are more than 80 years old who consider language the basic way to express themselves. The necessary information was got by applying the WAIS verbal test which evaluates language in some specific areas.Besides applying the test, it was also used an interview which showed some important data about each patient’s personal history. The results were analyze according to a clinic optic, supported by the analysis proposed by Josette Benavides (1984) in character evaluation techniques. This research also follows the knowledge contributed by the memory clinic of Universidad Javeriana, directed by Patricia Monta es, Diana Matallana and Carlos Cano, authors of many studies related to the elderly people in Colombia