This document was developed by the Australian Aphasia Association to help summarise
considerations for safe and appropriate discharge from hospital for people with aphasia. It …

Background Clinical practice guidelines and best practice statements aim to optimise patient
outcomes through recommended processes of care. The Aphasia United Best Practice …

Background and purpose: Aphasia and dysarthria can occur after stroke, in isolation or
together. They can be devastating for the individual affected, leading to poorer health …

Background Over 3.5 million people world-wide acquire stroke-related aphasia every year, a
language problem that affects speaking, understanding of speech, reading and writing …

Background: There is a very particular set of circumstances facing people with aphasia in
the early period following stroke. These circumstances often include a focus on discharge …

The early identification of the discharge setting from Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities is a
primary goal in stroke-related research because of its clinical and socio-economic …

Purpose: To investigate service delivery of aphasia rehabilitation in a metropolitan
rehabilitation hospital by speech pathologists and assess adherence to both the National …

Background: Person-centred support for 'living well'with chronic conditions is necessarily
underpinned by patient experiences and needs. About one third of people with stroke have …

Background: Patients with communication disability are at increased risk of experiencing an
adverse event in hospital. Despite forming a particularly vulnerable patient group, little is …

Background/Purpose The aim of our study is to evaluate the frequency of aphasia and to
describe the characteristics of aphasics among a large sample of acute stroke patients in …