How much aphasia therapy and when? Aphasia Friendly Summary

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We used evidence from:

• The Stroke Foundation Living Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management and RELEASE Collaborators.

General recovery points

• The brain is able to change

• Improvement is possible

• You should be given therapy in stroke recovery

• Therapy should start within the first 4 weeks

• More severe aphasia may mean more therapy hours

• Older individuals (>65 years) may benefit from less intensive therapy

Early recovery (< 3 months)

• Benefit for two to three days per week with sessions of 30-45minutes.

• Additional evidence indicates up to 2 hours per week.

Late recovery (>3 months)

• Benefit for more intensive therapy (3-4 hours per week of therapist led therapy).

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How will The Speech Rehab Centre help?

We will consider:

• The timepoint of recovery and your assessment results

• The recommended dose of therapy and the recovery that you can expect

• Funding options to optimise the dose that you receive.

Disclosure

Dr Emily Brogan gives expert input for the Stroke Foundation Living Guidelines for aphasia as a volunteer academic.