This article suggests outcome measurement practices in aphasia in line with the World
Health Organization's definition of health, as well as with current legislation. That is, the …

Abstract The Assessment for Living With Aphasia (ALA; Kagan et al., 2013) was developed
in order to address the need for a communicatively accessible aphasia-related quality of life …

Background: The initial motivation was our inability to capture the important but often elusive
outcomes of interventions that focus on making a difference to the everyday experience of …

Unprecedented changes are occurring in the way treatment for aphasia is viewed—and
reimbursed. These changes, resulting from both internal and external pressures, are …

When clinicians are operating under a Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) while
treating persons with aphasia (PWAs), one measurement used to quantify outcomes is …

Aphasia centers are in an excellent position to contribute to the broad definition of health by
the World Health Organization: the ability to live life to its full potential. An expansion of this …

Background: Speech pathologists infrequently address the quality of aphasic people's lives
in a direct manner in rehabilitation, most likely due to the difficulty in grasping the role of …

Objective: To gain an insight into speech and language therapists' perspectives on and
practices in quality of life in aphasia. Participants and Methods: The International …

Purpose: Best practices in the field of aphasia rehabilitation increasingly acknowledge a
whole-person approach that values interventions aimed at reducing impairments, while also …

Background: There are many validated and widely used assessments within aphasiology.
Few, however, describe language and life with aphasia from the perspective of the person …