Aphasia Handbook: A Guide for Stroke And Injury Survivors And Their Families

by Joan Peters (Editor), Martha Taylor Sarno (Editor)

This handbook is for people who have aphasia. Many people have aphasia as a result of a stroke. Aphasia makes it difficult to talk, read, and write. You can think perfectly well, but you struggle to put your thoughts into words. How to Use this handbook * What is aphasia * Communication Tips * Understanding Information * Using the Phone/Internet * Using an AdvocateWhat Stroke * More about Aphasia * Being in the Hospital * Rehabilitation and Speech Therapy * Coming out of the Hospital * Getting Support at Home * Money and Benefits * Vocational OpportunitiesLiving With Relationships * Communicating with Others * Transportation and Travel * Your Interests * EducationChoices and Your Rights as a Patient * Your Rights as a Person with a Disability * Making a Complaint * Elder Abuse * Living Wills * Legal Issues

178 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2004