Background: Communication impairments following stroke impact on social interactions and
life experience. To look beyond body functions and activities into actual performance in life …

Background: Little is known about the way people with aphasia perceive their social
participation and its influencing factors. Aims: To explore how people with aphasia perceive …

Background: People with aphasia face situations of handicap in their daily life and activities
for which they were not fully prepared in rehabilitation. Aims: The present research aimed to …

Background: A previous systematic review found limited data regarding social participation
in working-age people with aphasia (PWA). A review of recent studies may reveal more …

Background In the context of increasing incidence of stroke in working aged adults, there is
a specific need to explore the views of working aged adults with post‐stroke aphasia, whose …

Purpose. Aphasia can profoundly affect a person's capacity for social participation. The
purpose of this study is to describe how people with aphasia participate socially, and to …

Background: Developing the knowledge base on the impact of aphasia on people's social
lives has become increasingly important in recent times to further our understanding of the …

Background: In addition to other stroke related impairments, up to 12% of those who survive
stroke have ongoing problems with aphasia. Research suggests that informal carers to …

Background: Increasingly, clinicians and researchers emphasise the need to investigate the
social consequences of living with aphasia. While the importance of social affiliation and …

People who develop aphasia must adjust their lifestyles and learn to cope with the activity
limitations that may follow from their disability. The purpose of this study was to describe …