Caregivers navigating rehabilitative care for people with aphasia after stroke: a multi-lens perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Up to 40% of stroke survivors acquire aphasia and require long-term caregiver assistance after discharge from the hospital. Caregivers assume multiple roles as they help people with aphasia to access outpatient rehabilitative care in an increasingly person-centred model of care. Examining caregiver roles and how different stakeholders in the rehabilitative journey perceive these roles may be the first step in providing more tailored support to caregivers and improving outcomes for both caregivers and people with aphasia.

Aims

To characterize the roles caregivers assume while navigating outpatient rehabilitative care for people with aphasia after stroke from the perspective of different stakeholders in the rehabilitative process.

Methods & procedures

Thirty-

SUBMITTER: Shafer JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609487 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature