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Young Adults with stroke/aphasia
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Editor's Note - Sharon Rennhack:
If you find this newsletter helps you and it gives you important information and treatment and practice ideas, please be sure to share with others on Facebook and in other social media communities.
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The National Stroke Association says it best - "Stroke can happen to anyone at any time."
In the United States, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds and i
t's the fifth leading cause of death. Per the NSA, stroke is more common in women than in men; about 60 percent of the people who die from strokes are women. AND, In their interactive presentation, the NSA discusses the increase in strokes in young adults. (Source:
Stroke can happen at any age, NSA). Aphasiatoolbox® offers an online,
intensive aphasia treatment program that combines in-person with over- the -internet treatment for young adults.
In this edition:
- we discuss the increasing incidence of stroke in young adults;
- we include
articles and studies relating to young adults with stroke/aphasia;
- Bill Connors discusses - in his video, how young adults can help jump start their aphasia recovery.
Bill Connors and the staff of aphasiatoolbox have a combined 80+ years helping people with aphasia recover. We have seen an increase in our work with young adults with aphasia caused by stroke, TBI or other factors. Recently, one of our clients went back to and finished her undergraduate program at college. For more information, ideas and tools about aggressively traveling the recovery pathway as a young adult,
contact Bill Connors .
Conclusion:
When you have questions about aphasia, the answer is aphasiatoolbox®. We ARE aphasia recovery.
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Bill Connors discusses:
Young Adults with aphasia
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Bill Connors discusses ways that young adults with aphasia can help their recovery from stroke or Traumatic Brain Injury.
Time: 03:38
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A loss for words...something we all have experienced. Imagine living each day trying to find the words, understand what is being said, having trouble reading and writing. Welcome to the world of aphasia.
This book - written by Ellayne S. Ganzfried, MS, CCC-SLP and
Mona Greenfield, PhD, LCSW, CCC-SLP, provides much needed insight into this devastating communication disorder through the eyes of clinicians, caregivers and persons with aphasia.
Increase your knowledge of aphasia and learn strategies to increase public awareness of aphasia. Explore innovative approaches to aphasia rehabilitation and groups. Read personal and candid stories of frustration, courage, hope, love and acceptance. Words can escape a person but compassion, respect and humor will always remain.
These are the bios for the authors:
Ellayne S. Ganzfried, MS, CCC-SLP
Ellayne is a speech-language pathologist and the former Executive Director of the National Aphasia Association. She is Past President of the NYS Speech Language Hearing Association (NYSSLHA), Long Island Speech Language Hearing Association (LISHA) and the Council of State Association Presidents for Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (CSAP) and remains active in these associations.
Ellayne is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Ellayne has created and managed several speech, hearing and rehabilitation programs in New York and Massachusetts. She is an adjunct instructor at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. Ellayne has written articles and presented regionally, nationally and internationally on a variety of topics including aphasia, advocacy, rehabilitation and leadership skills.
Mona Greenfield, PhD, LCSW, CCC-SLP
Mona is a speech-language pathologist and clinical social worker. She has taught in many graduate programs in speech-language pathology, including NYU, and has supervised and trained students in speech-pathology and social work. She has lectured nationally and internationally. For the past 13 years, she has blended her training in speech-language pathology and social work by founding and directing the Metropolitan Communication Associates (MCA).
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Young Adults with stroke/aphasia - Selected Articles
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Not all of Mitchell Elkind's stroke patients are on social security. In recent years he has treated devastating attacks in people as young as 18. And he is not alone. A growing body of research indicates strokes among U.S. millennials - ages 18 to 34 - have soared in recent years. 2017
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Early strokes leave many young adults with long-lasting disability
One-third of people who survive a stroke before age 50 are unable to live independently or need assistance with daily activities 10 years after their stroke, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. About 10 percent of strokes occur in 18- and 50-year-olds. 2014
It's not unusual for me to ask questions. Curiosity has been my lifelong companion. As a child, curiosity once earned me a set of World Book Encyclopedias for questioning why woodpeckers peck wood. As an adult, curiosity prompted foreign travels across Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America and the Caribbean. By Amy Edmunds, YoungStroke, 2015
Rehabilitation can mean quite different things for stroke survivors since no two strokes are the same. Each survivor faces a different path to recovery based on the location in the brain where a stroke occurs. 2015
If you're a healthy, young, active woman who doesn't smoke, chances are you probably haven't given a whole lot of thought to whether or not you're at risk of a stroke. Strokes are more common in older people, smokers, and people who are obese and/or have a metabolic syndrome. So if you're none of these things, it's understandable not to be constantly worried about the danger of strokes. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't think about it, ever, at all. You should. And here's why. 2015
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Why are women at higher risk for stroke
7. Long-Term Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults
Ischemic stroke in young adults (15-45 years) is not exceptional and accounts for up to 12% of all first ischemic strokes, with a wide diversity of etiologies [1-8]. Moreover, the impact on years of potential life lost and on socioeconomic cost is very important in this range of ages.
Many series have reported a favorable prognosis, but only the short-term prognosis has been widely evaluated and there are few investigations about long-term functional recovery of young adults with first-ever ischemic stroke. 2011
8. Returning to work with aphasia: A case study
Background: For some people with aphasia, returning to work will be their eventual goal. While there are reports in the literature of incidence of return to work, and general discussion of success, there are few documented in depth studies of what this might entail for the individual with aphasia. 2011
9. Young People with aphasia - the story of the Aphasia Recovery Connection (video)
10. The Stroke Threat: Why young people need to be concerned, CBS This Morning, 2016 (Video)
11. Migraine Associated with Cerebral Artery Dissection in Young Stroke Patients
Researchers reported an association between migraine and cervical artery dissection, mostly driven by the migraine subtype without aura. Migraine - especially migraine without aura - is consistently associated with cerebral artery dissection (CEAD) in young stroke patients, according to the results of a large new study from Italian researchers published in the March 6 online edition of JAMA Neurology. 2017
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