Upplevelse och erfarenheter av läsning och skrivning hos patienter med afasi

Abstract

The aim of the study was to explore how persons with aphasia experience literacy and reading and writing. Seven persons with mild-moderate aphasia were interviewed. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using qualitative content analysis. The analysis resulted in three main themes; A changed reading, A changed writing and How to adjust and accommodate to new conditions. The most apparent aspect was that the informants experienced that literacy had changed, regarding what and how they read/write. Today the informants’ frequency of reading and writing has decreased and the text is shorter and less complicated. The informants handled the changed literacy in their daily life with new strategies, such as different reading techniques, help from dependants and using reading- and writing assisting technology. The informants argued that reading- and writing treatment should be stimulating, joyful and varied. To read and write could still fulfill a purpose and mean pleasure and happiness in daily life, but the informants hoped that their literacy would improve.