Efficacy of online communication partner training package for student healthcare professionals.

Background: People with aphasia are vulnerable recipients of healthcare. The nature of the communicative environment and the communication disability can adversely impact access to timely and quality healthcare. Student healthcare professionals are often underprepared to interact successfully with people with aphasia and may benefit from communication partner training (CPT).

Characteristics and impacts of community aphasia group facilitation: a systematic scoping review.

Purpose: Community aphasia groups (CAGs) can provide a range of benefits to people with aphasia and support long-term psychosocial wellbeing. However, the dominant speech-pathologist-led service delivery model is inherently limited in scope. Peer-led groups hold potential as a sustainable and empowering extension of this traditional model.

Experiences of people with severe aphasia and spouses attending an Interdisciplinary Community Aphasia Group.

Community aphasia groups are recognized as an area of need and value for people with chronic aphasia and their significant others. However, our understanding of attendees' experiences is limited by the small amount of qualitative research available. The present study aimed to describe participant experiences of an Interdisciplinary Community Aphasia Group, as part of a better understanding of its underlying processes and value.

Practices and challenges in community aphasia groups in Australia: Results of a national survey.

Purpose: This study reports on practices and challenges in developing community aphasia groups in Australia.

Method: A 24-item web-based survey addressed the structure of existing community aphasia groups, funding models, group activities, facilitator satisfaction, challenges to group development and maintenance and suggestions for improvement. A total of 156 surveys were completed, mostly by speech-language pathologists (SLPs), with 66% urban and 34% regional/rural/remote participants representing all Australian states/territories consistent with their populations.