Aphasia Movie Analysis

Speech and language services: This service can support people who have had a stroke and have problems with their speech.

Language is an ability that many of us take for granted in everyday life. For those with aphasia, it is a daily struggle to overcome and effective communication is a goal to strive for. Aphasia patients are able to think, perhaps as well as the average person, but they simply cannot convey their ideas or thoughts easily. The Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination is an excellent examination for the diagnosis of the presence and type of aphasia, and for the location of brain damage. The Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia has been shown to be the most comprehensive assessment of the overall patient’s strengths and weaknesses in regard to language; it also allows for physicians to predict recovery accurately. Though it is no longer as popular or applicable as newer diagnostic tests, such as the BDAE, it is still an accurate assessment for aphasia. I think this is the paradox in neurological assessment: as technological advances improve, older assessments are becoming invalidated- though they are not inaccurate assessments. New advances and knowledge are being acquired in medicine every day, therefore there is always room for improvement (Holland, 2008). One of the biggest cons to the two batteries I mentioned in this paper is the fact that they are both time consuming- for both the patient and the

The importance of Occupational Therapy services for induvials after stroke is to assists the pt, to become in depend when preforming their ADL’s.

This study was involved in the LAS-II (a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial). There was an intervention group, receiving the CADL, as well as a control group, receiving the normal ADL intervention. Chosen for the study in LAS-II were those treated for an acute stroke in a stroke unit less than three months or three months after the stroke occurred. In addition, those eligible for the study had to have met the following conditions: be dependent in at least two ADL’s, not having been diagnosed with dementia, able to fully understand and follow instructions, were referred for rehabilitation to one of the 16 units participating in LAS-II. In this study, the occupational therapists were participants recruited as well. Out of 44 occupational therapists’ that attended five

Clients suffering from stroke have slow speech loss of memory, speechless one side of their body paralysed which cause restriction to their movement.

Sundin, K., Jansson, L., & Norberg, A. (2000). Communicating with people with stroke and aphasia: understanding through sensation without words. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 9(4), 481-488.

For each of the contextual factors listed below, provide a brief description of the key understandings Educators need to have.

Speech and language specialists- This service supports people that have had a stroke or with people who have a speech impairment

Akinetopsia was a short clip that briefly explained a woman with a very rare condition of motion loss. In the beginning of the film the director explained how a 43-year-old woman suffered from chronic headaches and vomit. Doctors in the hospital claimed she had a stroke, which affected both sides of her brain at the lateral border between the temporal and occipital lobes. However, nine months after her stroke a neurologist decided to examine her to see if she lost any functions. To his surprise she seemed “normal”, such as having perfect reading and writing skills along with correct mathematic answers to moving her body properly.

The movie, Through Deaf Eyes, taught me a lot about the deaf community. After watching the movie, I have a new perspective about the deaf community. The biggest thing that stood out to me was that they are just like hearing people and they never think that they are incapable of anything. I think it was really fascinating to see that how the deaf community does not think about the things they are unable to do. Instead, they focus on things they can do and what new things they get to learn.

In the movie Speak, Melinda went to a party before freshman year started and what happened at the party traumatized her. It was a chaotic party where there were many teens of different ages, with no adult supervision. The party most likely had alcohol, and people who attended were just friends of friends and strangers. Unfortunately, at the party Melinda just met a boy who she got close to right away. This was unfortunate because she just finished middle school, and he was in high school. What he did to her was traumatizing. They kissed and dance, but when he asked her to be alone with him, she ended up getting raped in his car. After that, she called the police and they shut down the party, but everyone was frustrated with her for doing that.

People who had strokes have a hard time getting back on their feet to do ADL’s and their best strategy for gaining their independence is by building new skills. As a patient/client starts to gain experience and build new tactics with their areas of development, they’re more likely to be successful in performing activities by using their newly adapted

Stroke rehabilitation has been chosen for this assignment as strokes are one of the biggest killers in the UK. “Most people are affected are over 65, but anyone can have a stroke including children and even babies.” Stroke Association (no date). The Stroke Association is a charity which is run in the UK to support carers, family’s supports people who have had a stroke and a person who has had a stroke themselves. By researching new treatments, support services to help people rebuild their lives and campaigning has helped raise awareness of stroke in society. Rehabilitation is the first step in recovery and after a stroke an assessment is done and health care professionals such as occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and physiotherapists can all help individuals recover and help improve a person’s quality of life after a stroke. The family and relatives of a person who has had a stroke can help with their emotional needs and support them through the rehabilitation and recovery process. In this assignment three different viewpoints will be taken into consideration and then analysed to draw a conclusion at the end to answer the question. There are many viewpoints about effective rehabilitation and support such as political perspectives, voluntary and service provider views. The most important viewpoints have been selected for this essay including the individual

According to the article 795,000 stokes occur annually with roughly 31% of these stroke survivors experiencing poststroke depression (Hamid & MacKenzie, 32-33). The greater the loss of function, autonomy, and communication, can be directly correlated to greater severity of depression. But, this can be counteracted by having a strong support system to aid the stroke survivor through recovery and rehabilitation. For patients who are verbal following a stroke, a regular depression screening should be completed to assess for its presence. This is complicated in patients who are non-verbal or experiencing various levels of aphasia following a stroke, because there are currently no screening tools that have proven valid. Once poststroke depression has been identified, it can be treated with antidepressants, motivational interviewing, life review therapy, support groups, and regular physical activity. In order to improve the knowledge regarding poststroke depression, further research is needed in the areas of screening tools for non-verbal/patient experiencing aphasia that are reliable and the impact of early recognition and

Aphasia is a language disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language. For most people, these are parts of the left side (hemisphere) of the brain. Aphasia usually occurs suddenly, often as the result of a stroke or head injury, but it may also develop slowly, as in the case of a brain tumor. The disorder impairs the expression and understanding of language as well as reading and writing. “Aphasia may co-occur with speech disorders such as dysarthria or apraxia of speech, which also result from brain damage”. (Sarno 23)