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How do healthcare professionals experience communication with people with aphasia and what content should communication partner training entail?
CONCLUSIONS: According to HCP, communication difficulties challenge the provision of healthcare activities and lead to negative feelings in HCP. HCP suggest that communication can be improved by providing more time in the healthcare pathway of people with aphasia, adapting healthcare information to the needs of people with aphasia, commitment of physicians and managers, changing the roles of SLTs and improving knowledge and skills of HCP. Implications for rehabilitation Communication between healthcare professionals (HCP) and people with aphasia can be improved by training HCP to use supportive conversation techniques and ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 2, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: van Rijssen MN, Veldkamp M, Bryon E, Remijn L, Visser-Meily JMA, Gerrits E, van Ewijk L Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Stroke rehabilitation research translation in Australia: a survey of clinical trialists.
This study aims to investigate perceptions of Australian stroke clinical trialists' about implementation of their findings into practice, and what translation activities they embedded into trial protocols. MATERIALS AND METHOD: A descriptive cohort design and electronic survey was conducted. Three databases were searched to identify Australian stroke rehabilitation trials published between 2007 and 2017. Corresponding authors of the included trials were invited to complete an anonymous online survey about implementation of their trial intervention. RESULTS: Fifty-one trialists were invited to participate and 38 c...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - August 26, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Jolliffe L, Hoffmann T, Laver K, McCluskey A, Lannin NA Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Aphasia rehabilitation during adolescence: a case report.
CONCLUSION: Although aphasia therapy for adolescents may be similar in many aspects to selected interventions for adults, it is necessary for the clinician to be mindful of age-related issues throughout the course of therapy. Goals and interventions should be selected based on factors salient to an adolescent as well as the potential long-term impact of therapy. Implications for Research Aphasia and its treatment in adolescence need to be further explored. Academics and technology are important aspects of aphasia treatment in adolescence. Issues specific to adolescence such as socialization, adherence/compliance, and indep...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - August 17, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Laures-Gore J, McCusker T, Hartley LL Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research