Text messaging for people with aphasia

Who it’s for: Survivors of stroke, family members or carers, health professionals
What it involves: Workshop
Where: Online (Australia) or in-person (QLD)

Summary

A team at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre are developing a therapy package to support text messaging for people with aphasia.

This is a co-design study that aims to:

• Find out what helps and what makes text messaging difficult for people with aphasia.
• Find out what skills are important to include in text-messaging therapy.

Eligibility

• People with aphasia who are more than 1 month post stroke;
• Family members or carers; and
• Health professionals (i.e., speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, neuropsychologists) with over 1 year clinical rehabilitation experience working with people with aphasia.

Activity

• Participants will be invited to participate in a two (2) hour focus group to explore experiences of using text messaging.
• Participants may also be invited to participate in up to eight (8) workshops. Each workshop is 2 hours long.

The study will take place at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre, Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) in Herston, Brisbane QLD, or online via Zoom.

To register your interest and request more information, complete our brief online form

Documents

People with aphasia participant information sheet [PDF 461 KB]
Family members and carers participant information sheet [PDF 242 KB]
Health professional participant information sheet [PDF 242 KB]

Contacts

For more information, please contact the research team:

Dr Jade Dignam
Email: j.dignam@uq.edu.au or
Phone: 07 3365 7595

Queensland Aphasia Research Centre
Email: qarc@uq.edu.au
Phone: 07 3365 7595