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Improving your compliance with stroke best practice across settings and professions: Communicating with patients with aphasia

January 19, 2017 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
 
The recording of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations –Communicating with patients with aphasia webinar is now available on line.
See link below.
 

Led in partnership with the Aphasia Institute.

  • What is aphasia? – Broadening the traditional text-book definition
  • Update on most recent international and Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for aphasia
  • Examples of challenges that face ALL stroke care providers when encountering language barriers to accessing stroke care e.g.
    • Patient and family information and education
    • Informed consent
    • Patient safety
    • Patient compliance
    • Obtaining case history information
  • Description with some video demonstration of evidence-based, practical methods and resources for addressing language barriers in stroke care

 

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