Aphasia Field Guide: Why You Feel So Alone as an Aphasia Care Partner | #221
Do you feel lonely from the minute you wake up?
Aphasia care partners carry five heavy burdens, and this episode names every one.
Leaving would be easier, but you stayed for love. Build back what aphasia took: https://aphasiacarepartnercompass.com
Aphasia changed how your whole day flows, from how you say good morning to how you say good night.
In this first episode of the Aphasia Field Guide, I walk through the five burdens I hear from care partners over and over.
Daily routines, loneliness, an identity that shifts from partner to nurse, aphasia patterns that make no sense, and deep grief…
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