From our Talking About series (originally Working Together To Help You Where You Live), this pictographic resource is designed to facilitate a conversational partnership between health care practitioners and people with aphasia. It is also ideal for people with limited English language skills. It is based on the techniques of Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia™ (SCA™), developed by the Aphasia Institute.

The Daily Living resource contains the following topics:

ADLS

• Mobility in bed
• Transfer
• Locomotion in home
• Locomotion outside of home
• Dressing upper body
• Dressing lower body
• Eating
• Toilet use
• Personal hygiene
• Bathing

IDLS

• Meal preparation
• Ordinary housework
• Managing finances
• Managing medications
• Phone use
• Shopping
• Transportation

NOTE: Resource content is gathered by consulting experts on this topic. To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate. Although we are not experts on this topic, we are experts in how to communicate information to people who know more than they can say (i.e. people with aphasia or other communication challenges).