Background: Social isolation and loneliness are often present after aphasia and lead to
negative health, social, and physical outcomes. Maintaining social connections after …

Purpose Map the landscape of friendship interventions/programs for older adults to guide
intervention/program development inclusive of the unique needs of older people with …

About a third of strokes cause aphasia, or language loss, with profound consequences for
the person's social participation and quality of life. These problems may be mitigated by …

Objective: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of peer-befriending, for people with
aphasia. Design: Single-blind, parallel-group feasibility randomised controlled trial …

People with aphasia have been systematically excluded from stroke research or included
without the necessary modifications, threatening external study validity. In this paper, we …

Aphasia, a language disability, can profoundly affect a person's mood and identity. The
experiences of participants who received Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, a psychological …

Background Electronic communication is used in various populations to achieve health
goals, but evidence in stroke is lacking. We pilot tested the feasibility and potential …

Background Although people with aphasia (PwA) represent 30% of stroke survivors, they
are frequently excluded from stroke research, or their inclusion is unclear. Such practice …

Background Informed consent is considered a fundamental requirement for participation in
trials, yet obtaining consent is challenging in a number of populations and settings. This may …

Background Difficulties in discourse production are common in post-stroke chronic aphasia.
Previous studies have found that speech and language therapy combined with transcranial …