Acute post-stroke aphasia management: An implementation science study protocol using a behavioural approach to support practice change.

Background: Evidence should guide decisions in aphasia practice across the continuum of stroke care; however, evidence-practice gaps persist. This is particularly pertinent in the acute setting where 30% of people with stroke will have aphasia, and speech pathologists experience many challenges implementing evidence-based practice. This has important consequences for people with aphasia and their close others, as well as speech pathologists working in acute settings.

Representation and reporting of communicatively vulnerable patients in patient experience research.

: To apply a human rights lens to measuring patient experience. Specifically, to determine if the perspectives of communicatively vulnerable people have been included in the patient experience research used to inform the development of the Australian Hospital Patient Experience Question Set (AHPEQS). : Thirty-nine qualitative studies on patient experience that informed the development of AHPEQS were critically appraised in terms of reporting on: population of interest, eligibility criteria, communicative demands of the research and communicative supports provided.

Communication partner training for health care professionals in an inpatient rehabilitation setting: A parallel randomised trial.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if the E-Learning Plus communication partner training (CPT) programme is as effective as the Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA) CPT programme in improving healthcare professionals' confidence and knowledge communicating with patients with aphasia.

Method: Forty-eight healthcare professionals working in inpatient rehabilitation participated. Participants were randomised to one of the CPT programmes.