The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook provides easy-to-understand information on all aspects of life following stroke, from the early days to picking up the threads months and years after the event. It is also a tool to support people with stroke and aphasia in asking questions, having discussions and conversations, and in making choices and decisions.
This essential resource has been developed in direct response to the experiences and needs of people living with stroke and aphasia. Communication experts Susie Parr, Carole Pound and Becky Moss of Connect, in conjunction with Bridget Long of The Design Works and Caroline Firenza (who provided the illustrations) have had their work reviewed and validated by people who have first hand experience of stroke and aphasia, as well as medical and social services experts.
Key features include: straightforward text, signposts to further help and information, a glossary and a quick-look guide to making communication easier.
The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook is for everyone with stroke and aphasia, their family members and carers, as well as healthcare, social services and voluntary sector workers.
People with stroke and aphasia, this book is for you
The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook provides easy-to-understand information on all aspects of life following stroke, from the early days to picking up the threads months and years after the event. It is also a tool designed to support people with stroke and aphasia in asking questions, having discussions and conversations, and in making choices and decisions.
Many people say that a lack of relevant, timely and clear information makes the experience of stroke and aphasia more difficult to handle. The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook as been developed in direct response to the stories and accounts of people living with stroke and aphasia. It has been developed by communication experts: Susie Parr, Carole Pound and Becky Moss of Connect, the communication disability network, in conjunction with Bridget Long of The Design Works and Caroline Firenza, (who provided the illustrations). Their work has been reviewed and validated by people who have first hand experience of stroke and aphasia, and by medical and social services experts.
The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook updates and supercedes The Aphasia Handbook, an information resource for people with aphasia that won awards from the British Medical Association and the National Information Forum.
The aim is ease of use. The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook is beautifully designed and laid out. Key features include: people with stroke and aphasia offering advice and support; straightforward text, signposts to further help and information, a glossary and a quick-look guide to making communication easier.
The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook is a friendly and reassuring guide and is the essential resource for everyone experiencing stroke and aphasia, family members and carers, as well as healthcare, social services and voluntary sector workers.
People with stroke and aphasia say:
When I first saw The Stroke and Aphasia Handbook, I was so relieved I wanted to cry.
Just what I needed
A carer:
What a fantastic help this book has been for me. It is well thought out, easy to read and reference. I cannot praise it too highly. The only negative comment is that it has taken me eight months to find out about it.
Professionals say: Contains a vast amount of invaluable information reflects a staggering amount of intelligent research besides being of great value to an aphasic patient the book could be of immense value to those nursing, caring or looking after such a patient at home or in a hospital
