STROKE ISIG Webinar - Discharge Planning for People With Aphasia Post Stroke: The LEAVING Checklist

Stroke ISIG Virtual Happy Hour
RECORDED 18 NOV 2021
Discharge Planning for People With Aphasia Post Stroke: The LEAVING Checklist

With guest speaker, Deborah Hersh, PhD, FSPA, CPSP

The webinar will discuss how to best support the needs of people with aphasia upon discharge.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the webinar, learners will be able to:

Discuss the challenges faced by people with aphasia at discharge
Describe the importance of underpinning discharge planning with aphasia-friendly and comprehensive discussion and negotiation
Consider how people with aphasia will manage the technology required during the pandemic to enable them to access services and be connected to others after discharge from hospital.

Stroke ISIG Virtual Happy Hour



Stroke ISIG Virtual Happy Hour with Deborah Hersh, PhD, FSPA, CPSP


Discharge Planning for People With Aphasia Post Stroke: The LEAVING Checklist

With guest speaker, Deborah Hersh, PhD, FSPA, CPSP

The webinar will discuss how to best support the needs of people with aphasia upon discharge.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the webinar, learners will be able to:

Discuss the challenges faced by people with aphasia at discharge
Describe the importance of underpinning discharge planning with aphasia-friendly and comprehensive discussion and negotiation
Consider how people with aphasia will manage the technology required during the pandemic to enable them to access services and be connected to others after discharge from hospital.


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ABOUT DEBORAH HERSH

An Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University, Deborah Hersh has 30 years of clinical, research and teaching experience in speech-language pathology in the UK and Australia, and is a Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia. She works in a research and teaching role in Speech Pathology at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia, and also serves in a voluntary capacity as the current Chairperson of the Australian Aphasia Association.

Deborah has 100 refereed journal articles and book chapters, and her work is mainly in aphasia rehabilitation, professional client relationships, person-centred practice, qualitative research approaches, and acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians following stroke and brain injury.

ACRM: American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine: Improving lives through interdisciplinary rehabilitation research.
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Important Notice

This webinar/video presentation offers health and wellness information for education purposes only. Statements or opinions expressed in this program reflect the views of the contributors and do not reflect the official policy of ACRM, unless otherwise noted. This information is not meant to replace the advice of a medical professional and should not be interpreted as a clinical practice guideline. Always consult your healthcare provider about your specific health condition. All information is current as of the recording date.