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L’arrêt de la prise en soin orthophonique des adultes en situation d’isolement social : le vécu des orthophonistes

Year: 2024
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Social isolation is defined as an objective lack of contact with other people. It has negative repercussions on the health of individuals who suffer from it and is a risk factor for accelerated decline in cognitive and language skills. This phenomenon is on the increase in our society, and speech therapists are seeing increasingly isolated people, particularly adults. Announcing the end of care, when the speech therapist has done all he can offer, can be more complicated with an isolated patient than with a patient who is surrounded by others.A questionnaire was generated and sent to know if speech and language therapists frequently have difficulty ending the care of isolated patients, to determine the causes of this difficulty and to propose advice and solutions to remedy it. Of the 94 speech and language therapists who responded to the questionnaire, 72% had at least one isolated adult in their patient list. 93% of these speech therapists found it difficult to discontinue care, partly because of guilt and the feeling of bandoning the patient and thus exacerbating his isolation.For 75% of speech therapists, being able to obtain advice and information during initial or continuing training could be the solution to a better way of ending care. We've chosen to focus here on social isolation, but the discussion could be extended to include loneliness, which also has a negative impact on people's health. This feeling, which is unique to everyone, can affect speech therapist patients at any age, due to their communication disorders. Patients may feel excluded or not integrated into a group, and the speech therapist appears to them as the real support they need.
Source: HAL
Author: Descoutures, Laurie
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6982974692
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