Connecting in the acute setting
Author: Barbara Hegarty, Leanne Matheson & Sally McVicker
Magazine issue: Winter 06
Page numbers: 7-9
Date: 27 November 2006
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Part 1: The therapist’s story: The acute hospital environment places many constraints on communication opportunities for people with aphasia. With experience as a Connect outreach volunteer conversation partner, Barbara Hegarty decided to pilot the techniques and principles of supported conversation in the acute setting. A training pack was developed and a volunteer selected. The process, outcomes and feedback from a client are discussed. Part 2: The volunteer’s perspective: Leanne Matheson describes her work as a volunteer conversation partner for this pilot and considers her motivation. Part 3: Reaching out. Sally McVicker from the communication disability network Connect outlines the development of the conversation partner scheme and the subsequent Reaching Out project.
