Background Although aphasia rehabilitation should include significant others, it is currently
unknown how this recommendation is adopted in speech–language therapy practice …

Background: Significant others are important to persons with aphasia. For several reasons
they should be involved in speech-language pathology (SLP) services, including acquiring …

Background: People with aphasia have trouble achieving satisfying social participation.
Despite recommendations to include social participation in rehabilitation, it is unknown how …

Purpose: It is currently unknown how rehabilitation services contribute to significant others'
adjustment to stroke with aphasia since their experience of rehabilitation has not been …

Background: Social participation is the stated ideal end purpose of rehabilitation, however
people with aphasia often have limited social participation following rehabilitation. Despite …

Background: Having a family member with aphasia severely affects the everyday life of the
significant others, resulting in their need for support and information. Family-oriented …

Background: Research on the benefits of group participation for adults with aphasia
poststroke has tended to focus on interventions led by speech–language therapists (SLTs) …

Wilkinson R, Wielaert S. Rehabilitation targeted at everyday communication: can we change
the talk of people with aphasia and their significant others within conversation? OBJECTIVE …

Growing cultural and linguistic diversity globally is increasingly requiring speech
pathologists to provide effective and equitable aphasia rehabilitation to clients with whom …

The aim of this article is to present an argument, supported by evidence, that relationship-
centred care should be at the heart of aphasia rehabilitation. This conclusion stems from a …