#8 How to Improve Communication After Stroke - with Speech and Language Therapist Bindi Patel

On A Good Day

What can you do to communicate better with someone who has aphasia following a stroke?

In this episode, speech and language therapist Bindi Patel explains some of the techniques she uses with stroke survivors to communicate with them and improve their speech.

She talks to Julia and Elizabeth about strategies to help loved ones recover both in hospital and when they return home, emphasising the importance of finding time to spend together and involving stroke survivors in purposeful tasks.

Bindi, who works for the Stroke Association, also gives tips about visiting patients in hospital, how best to work alongside therapists and how friends and family can better communicate and use technology to assist the rehabilitation.

She has been a speech and language therapist for the past 28 years, helping patients with aphasia and other communication difficulties. In her current role with the Stroke Association, Bindi helps stroke survivors and their families with information and support.

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For further information and help, visit the Stroke Association: https://www.stroke.org.uk

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