title: [Care of persons with aphasia--a review of the literature].
abstract: What patients suffering from aphasia experience was examined by Helmbold et al. (1998). The course of the illness was described and divided into six stages. Other models of recovery processes do not take into account the fact that patients who have suffered a stroke are very often confronted with the problem of speech impairment which leads to a delay in recovery. If patients cannot talk to or interact with friends and relatives or professional carers they find it almost impossible to grasp their own clinical symptoms and ultimately to accept them. Nurses working in general hospitals rarely centre their attention on the individual needs of the patients, with the result that there is little or no interaction between patients with aphasia and their carers. This leads to isolation and depression. Interventions have shown that communication is possible even when there is serious speech impairment. In all attempts to encourage communication however the care and attention shown by nurses to aphasic patients is of decisive importance.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tacke
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003289:Convalescence; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012934:Social Isolation
vernacular_title: Pflege von Menschen mit Aphasie--Eine Literaturstudie.