Goal-setting is considered an essential part of rehabilitation practice and integral to person-
centredness. However, people with aphasia are not always satisfied with goal-setting, and …

Background: A considerable body of literature attests to the efficacy of client and therapist
collaborative goal setting to achieving optimal rehabilitation outcomes. Collaborative goal …

Background: Despite the central importance of goal setting in aphasia rehabilitation, the
notion of the goal itself has not been fully explored. Aims: This paper considers how speech …

A foundation principle of professionalism is listening carefully to clients' needs. This paper
reviews current studies that have sought to listen to the needs of people with aphasia and …

Background: There have been numerous calls for rehabilitation professionals to involve
patients or clients in decisions about the goals of therapy. And yet collaborative goal setting …

Background: Aphasia affects family members in addition to the individuals with the
communication disorder. In order to develop appropriate services for the relatives of people …

Introduction Stroke patients with aphasia are often excluded from person-centred goal
setting as part of their clinical care, despite a recommendation for person-centred goal …

Purpose: Although client participation has been part of legislation and clinical guidelines for
several years, the evidence of these recommendations being implemented into clinical …

Purpose Goal setting is an essential rehabilitation activity. However, multidisciplinary
rehabilitation staff goal-setting practice with stroke survivors with aphasia and associated …

Purpose: Influential value-driven approaches to aphasia rehabilitation have been proposed
previously, but have emphasised how service providers need to deliver their services. The …