It is a fact that third-party reimbursement is paying for fewer healthcare services and for shorter periods of treatment. We thank the four speech-language pathologists who responded to NAA's appeal to discuss ways for families to cope. They included Ann Oehring.
Groups help persons with aphasia learn from the experiences of others.
It is a source of real satisfaction for group members to be able to help each other. At our center in Tucson, we have groups for persons with aphasia and other groups for family members. They each have their own problems to cope with and having separate groups gives them the time and space they need to explore those. Groups are very important. Speech-language pathology students need experiences working with adults with aphasia in their training.