The APPrivoiser l’Aphasie Primaire Progressive (APP) program is a free information and support program for people living with APP and their loved ones. The APPrivoiser l’APP program co-construction team is made up of three main partners: the community organization ARTÈRE, the Chaire de recherche sur les aphasies primaires progressives – Fondation de la famille Lemaire (Dr. Robert Laforce & Dr. Monica Lavoie) and Université Laval/Cirris (Dr. Laura Monetta).

Program objectives:
– Inform people living with PPA and their loved ones through information sessions led by a facilitator and expert video vignettes aimed at demystifying the disease;
– Create a place for sharing and belonging.

Topics covered:
Each theme is addressed in a video capsule by an expert: neuropsychologist, speech therapist, notary, etc.

APA basics :
– PPA variants and their evolution
– Diagnosis and management
– Everyday impact of language symptoms

Facilitating communication with a person with PPA:
– Strategies for facilitating communication
– Assisting communication

Everyday impact of PPA on :
– Feeding and motor skills
– Cognition
– Autonomy
– Social participation and leisure

Caregiving issues :
– Impact of PPA on behavior
– The disease acceptance process
– Legal, placement and end-of-life issues

Format:
– Six (6) sessions
– Session length: 1h30
– A participant’s notebook is handed out at the first meeting of the program, so that participants can annotate and reread the important information covered during the program.

Contact your local association to check program availability.

For further information: info@plateformeapp.ca

Article (in French) : 
Coconstruction d’un programme psychoéducatif d’information et de soutien pour les personnes vivant avec une aphasie primaire progressive et leurs proches