"Everyone's brains are different…you can't just have one therapy plan to suit everyone" - A qualitative investigation of community-based rehabilitation services following traumatic brain injury.

Purpose: To examine the lived experiences of adults who have received community-based rehabilitation (CBR) services in Australia or New Zealand for cognitive-communication disorders (CCDs) following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their support people. Participants' recommendations for future models of care were also explored to enhance rehabilitation services for people with TBI.

Method: A qualitative descriptive approach grounded in phenomenology was used, whereby semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant.

The pervasive and unyielding impacts of cognitive-communication changes following traumatic brain injury.

Background: Cognitive-communication disorders (CCDs) are common in the traumatic brain injury (TBI) population. Despite this, there has been limited research that explores the long-term impacts of reduced cognitive-communication functioning on daily life for this population.

Aims: To identify the long-term impacts of cognitive-communication impairment as reported by adults with TBI and their significant others.

Apragmatism: The renewal of a label for communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain damage.

Background: Right hemisphere communication disorders are neither consistently labelled nor adequately defined. Labels associated with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) are broad and fail to capture the essence of communication challenges needed for stroke-related service provisions. Determination of rehabilitation needs and best-practice guidelines for the education, management and functional improvement of communication disorders after RHD are all predicated on an apt diagnostic label and disorder characteristics.

Speech pathologists' perspectives when managing adults following traumatic brain injury in community-based rehabilitation settings: A qualitative investigation.

: Across Australia and New Zealand, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) routinely assess and treat adults with cognitive-communication disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Despite their regular involvement, little is known about how clinicians provide management to this client group, particularly in community-based contexts. Therefore the aim of this study is to explore the clinical practices of SLPs who have experience working in community-based rehabilitation services with adults with cognitive-communication disorders following TBI.

Community-based rehabilitation for adults with cognitive-communication disorders following traumatic brain injury: A mixed methods investigation.

Objective: To investigate the experiences and perspectives of speech pathologists when delivering cognitive-communication therapy to adults following traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Methods: An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was used to explore the practices of speech pathologists working in community-based rehabilitation (CBR) settings. The first participant group completed an in-depth online survey, whilst the second group participated in an interview to discuss their processes and recommendations when managing adults following TBI.

Relationship and Social Network Change in People With Impaired Social Cognition Post Right Hemisphere Stroke.

Purpose This article investigated relationship and social network change in the presence of a social cognition impairment post right hemisphere (RH) stroke. Impaired emotion perception and inferential reasoning are sources of interpersonal difficulty in people with social cognition impairment after traumatic brain injury. People with an RH stroke have also been identified as vulnerable to interpersonal relationship change.

Comparison of paired and single clinical placement models: a time-use analysis.

Background: To meet rising clinical placement demand caused by increasing health student numbers, the use of paired (two students) rather than single (one student) placement models has been proposed. There is, however, limited research available to inform placement providers about the relative effects of both models on healthcare services, including patient- and non-patient-related activities and patient occasions of service.

Aims: To investigate a key clinical question: Does clinical educator (supervisor) and student time use differ during paired placements compared with single placements? Also to examine the satisfaction levels of clinical educators (CEs) and students with paired and single clinical placement models.

Cognitive-communication disorder following right hemisphere stroke: exploring rehabilitation access and outcomes.

Background: Rehabilitation positively influences return to activities and social roles in people with aphasia. The cognitive-communication disorder (CCD) found following a right hemisphere stroke has been less extensively researched with rehabilitation access and outcomes yet to be determined.

Objectives: To document rehabilitation access and outcomes for people with CCD post-stroke; and compare outcomes based on presence (viz CCD; aphasia) or absence of communication impairment.

The lived experience of mothers of children with chronic feeding and/or swallowing difficulties.

The purpose of this phenomenologic study was to describe the lived experiences of seven mothers who were providing home-based care for their children with feeding and/or swallowing difficulties. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and were analysed as per Colaizzi's method of inductive reduction. Results suggest that the mothers' experiences can be understood as two continuing journeys that were not mutually exclusive.