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Speech pathology contact

People with aphasia and their families/carers should have access to a contact person for any queries post-discharge and know how to self-refer to appropriate speech pathology services after discharge if they feel further rehabilitation is required.

Reference: N/A
NHMRC level of evidence: GPP

Rationale: 
Aphasia can be a life-altering condition that often leaves people with ongoing functional impairments. It is often not until adults are discharged from hospital-based stages of care that the degree of communication limitations becomes apparent (L. E. Worrall et al., 2013). It is at this time adults with communication impairments request services (O'Callaghan, McAllister, & Wilson, 2009). We need to ensure clients are aware of services available to them and how to access them.   

References:

  1. O'Callaghan, A. M., McAllister, L., & Wilson, L. (2009). Sixteen years on: has quality of care for rural and non-compensable traumatic brain injury clients improved? The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 17(3), 119-123. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2009.01054.x
  2. Worrall, L. E., Howe, T., O'Callaghan, A., Hill, A. J., Rose, M., Wallace, S. J., . . . Rohde, A. (2013). The World Report on Disability as a blueprint for international, national, and local aphasia services. International Journal of  Speech-language Pathology, 15(1), 106-112. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2012.721004

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Professor Linda Worrall
The University of Queensland
ST LUCIA QLD 4072   

 

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