title: Loss and hope: strategies for coping with aphasia.
abstract: Speaking from almost 30 years of experience living with aphasia, the author offers suggestions for health care professionals who relate to persons with this disorder. Persons with aphasia should be involved in meaningful activities, learn to accept limitations, build trusting relationships, strengthen social support, and find tools that facilitate communication.
authors.affiliation: Oaklawn Psychiatric Hospital, Goshen, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Liechty
authors.forename: Marcia E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001037:Aphasia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009042:Motivation; D012934:Social Isolation; D012944:Social Support