Try: When a Care recipient (cr) has lost the ability to communicate due to a condition like aphasia it leads loved ones and often caregivers wondering if there’s really anyone in there conditions like these which often develop after a cr has suffered from a stroke can inhibit a cr’s ability to communicate to some degree or cause them to lose their speaking abilities completely after a stroke it’s hard to know what cognitive capabilities of a cr are still intact and when the cr has no way of telling you what’s going on in their mind it’s hard to know whether the issue goes only as far as speech or if it is much more serious not knowing can really make families change how they interact with their cr; because even though the cr’s cognitive skills may be intact it’s like they’re void of personality people with aphasia might have lost their ability to speak and they may exhibit signs of disorientation but they’re still in there and they still deserve to be treated with respect and dignity especially by caregivers aphasia is challenging for families to deal with but remember how the cr feels as someone who is unable to communicate information references

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Keywords: Aphasia speech problems

*This information is listed as a Fact Sheet and is not explicitly medically licensed