Setting a Research Agenda to Inform Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs

Setting a research agenda to inform intensive comprehensive aphasia programs.

Research into intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) has yet to show that this service delivery model is efficacious, effective, has cost utility, or can be broadly implemented. This article describes a phased research approach to the study of ICAPs and sets out a research agenda that considers not only the specific issues surrounding ICAPs, but also the phase of the research. Current...

Intensive comprehensive aphasia programs: an international survey of practice.

BACKGROUND In response to the need to simultaneously address multiple domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in aphasia therapy and to incorporate intensive treatment doses consistent with principles of neuroplasticity, a potentially potent treatment option termed intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) has been developed. OBJECTIVE To...

Retrospective analysis of outcomes from two intensive comprehensive aphasia programs.

Positive outcomes from intensive therapy for individuals with aphasia have been reported in the literature. Little is known about the characteristics of individuals who attend intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) and what factors may predict who makes clinically significant changes when attending such programs. Demographic data on participants from 6 ICAPs showed that individuals wh...

Setting a research agenda for medical overuse

Setting an Agenda for Research on Ageing

Physical and cognitive aspects of ageing affect people’s interaction with the environment.