This article reports results from a qualitative study in the UK of people with aphasia who
have been involved in volunteering. The study describes their experiences; explores, from …

Purpose: Community aphasia groups represent a formalised opportunity for social
participation. The potential barriers and facilitators to accessing and maintaining group …

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: Community aphasia groups have consistently been highlighted as a viable and
effective means of supporting people with chronic aphasia to live full lives. The multi-person …

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: Aphasia can have major consequences for participation. In line with other
initiatives around the world, in the Netherlands aphasia centres provide support to people …

Background: One of the most disabling consequences of aphasia is the way it excludes the
person from conversation. A number of studies have attempted to tackle this problem by …

• Alan and Sally talk about their different experiences leading up to the time they started to
work together.• Alan reviews some of the things that happened to him after he had a brain …

Background People with post‐stroke aphasia tend to have smaller social networks, a higher
risk of depression and poorer health‐related quality of life than those who do not have …

Background: People with aphasia are often excluded from research because of their
communication impairments, especially when an investigation into the communication …