title: A-FROM in action at the Aphasia Institute.
abstract: Aphasia centers are in an excellent position to contribute to the broad definition of health by the World Health Organization: the ability to live life to its full potential. An expansion of this definition by the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) forms the basis for a user-friendly and ICF-compatible framework for planning interventions that ensure maximum real-life outcome and impact for people with aphasia and their families. This article describes Living with Aphasia: Framework for Outcome Measurement and its practical application to aphasia centers in the areas of direct service, outcome measurement, and advocacy and awareness. Examples will be drawn from the Aphasia Institute in Toronto. A case will be made for all aphasia centers to use the ICF or an adaptation of it to further the work of this sector and strengthen its credibility.
authors.affiliation: Education and Applied Research, Aphasia Institute, Toronto, Canada. akagan@aphasia.ca
authors.forename: Aura
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kagan
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001364:Awareness; D003142:Communication; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009864:Ontario; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000639:trends; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000639:trends*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014944:World Health Organization