Group Therapy for Spouses of Aphasic Patients

Johannsen‐Horbach, Helga; Crone, Martin; Wallesch, Claus‐W.

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1064010

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“…Aphasia often has a significant impact on families [4,5], therefore family members may also derive benefits when their relative with aphasia becomes involved in a group [12]. Previous research in the area has tended to focus on the benefits of groups that have a direct focus on family members [6][7][8] or on both family members and people with aphasia [9]. There have not been any studies that investigate the benefits for family members of having a relative with aphasia participate in groups.…”

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Perceived Benefits for Family Members of Group Participation by Their Relatives with Aphasia

Rotherham

Howe

Tillard

2016

Clin Arch Commun Disord

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Aphasia impacts family members. Therefore family members may also derive indirect benefits when their relative with aphasia chooses to participate in a group. The current study explored the benefits for family members of their relative with aphasia participating in a variety of types groups post-stroke as perceived by family members and their relatives with aphasia. Methods: The study used a qualitative descriptive research approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen participants: six family members and ten adults with aphasia post-stroke. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the interview transcripts. Member checking, peer debriefing, and triangulation of data sources was used to enhance the rigour of the study. Results: The participants identified 10 benefits that family members may experience as a result of their relative with aphasia participating in various types of groups post-stroke: improves communication between the family member and the individual with aphasia at home, provides support for family members, provides an opportunity for social contact for family members, enables access to aphasia-related information, reduces individual with aphasia's reliance on the family member for socialization, provides an opportunity for the family member to have time on their own, enables the family member to experience positive feelings, allows family members to focus on their role in the family, provides a meaningful role for the family member, and increases participation for the family member. Conclusions: These indirect benefits may help to address some of the psychosocial, information, communication, and participation needs of family members of individuals with aphasia.

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Perceived Benefits for Family Members of Group Participation by Their Relatives with Aphasia

Rotherham

Howe

Tillard

2016

Clin Arch Commun Disord

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“…In this regard, family education (Helmick, Watamori, & Palmer, 1976;Williams, 1993), communication skills training (Alarcon, Hickey, Rogers, & Olswang, 1997;Olswang, Hickey, Alarcon, Rogers, Cadwell, & Schlegel, 1998;Simmons, Kearns, & Potechin, 1989;Wilkinson et al, 1998), and supportive counselling programmes (Holland, 2000;Johannsen-Horbach, Crone, & Wallesch, 1999;Nichols, Varchevker, & Pring, 1996;Wahrborg & Borenstein, 1989) have been reported as ways to complement traditional therapy. Family education has been identified as important because family members tend to view the aphasic person's communication as less impaired than it most likely is (Helmick et al, 1976).…”

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“…Nichols et al (1996) studied the effects of therapy given jointly by a family therapist and a speech-language pathologist. Johannsen-Horbach et al (1999) attempted to address the needs of spouses of aphasic patients via both a nondirective counselling group and a group in which leaders used greater amounts of therapeutic interventions such as confrontation, interpretation, and clarification. Although positive changes in emotions and attitudes were documented in the above studies, these authors did not explicitly encourage participants to move from reflection towards the development of concepts about communication patterns that could then lead to applications in everyday life that would further improve quality of life.…”

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Viewing couples living with aphasia as adult learners: Implications for promoting quality of life

Sorin-Peters¹

2003

Aphasiology

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Background: Current interventions for addressing the psychosocial consequences of aphasia have been based on professionally driven constructs as opposed to insider accounts of aphasia. An adult learning approach offers the possibility of developing a programme for individuals with aphasia and their families that involves a more holistic and person-centred approach. This approach offers insights about promoting the quality of life of couples living with aphasia. Aims: The primary objective of this paper is to discuss the implications of adopting an adult learning approach in promoting the quality of life of couples living with chronic aphasia. This paper outlines current interventions for addressing the psychosocial consequences of aphasia. It describes an innovative approach of working with couples with aphasia that explicitly integrates adult education principles and strategies. The basic assumption of this approach is that learning begins with the learner, as opposed to the therapist or treatment plan. Main Contribution: The main contribution of this paper is to outline an alternative approach to intervention that is based on an adult learning model. This approach suggests that improving quality of life for couples living with aphasia involves more than simply promoting increased participation in conversation. Placing the learner in the central role results in intervetion goals that encompass emotional and marital issues, as well as communication.Conclusions: The implications of the adult learning approach on promoting quality of life in the area of emotions, marital issues, and communication outcomes are discussed. Implications of this approach on the role of the speech-language pathologist are also examined.

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“…So ist beispielsweise die wohl bekannteste Ma ß nahme zur Verringerung der psychischen Belastung von Angeh ö rigen die Teilnahme an Selbsthilfegruppen. Allerdings ziehen l ä ngst nicht alle Angeh ö rigen eine solche Teilnahme f ü r sich in Erw ä gung [22] . In der Untersuchung von Gr ü ndel et al [19] bezeichneten nur die H ä lfte der Angeh örigen eine solche Ma ß nahme als f ü r sich sinnvoll.…”

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