Clinical presentation of Cognitive Disorders and Rehabilitation

Question 1

What are environmental modifications?

Answer 1

Changes in the physical and social environment to facilitate greater independence and to reduce the impact of a person’s cognitive behaviour difficulties

Remove or manipulation of precipitating environmental factors (eg padded beds)

Question 1

What is an example of a compensatory cognitive intervention?

Answer 1

Use of cues and aids to assist compensation of deficit

Question 3

For what types of injuries can cognitive rehab be used?

Answer 3

Trauma

Stroke

Question 4

What model of rehab is currently used?

Answer 4

Active participation model

• real world skills
• focus on enhancing participation and reducing functional limitations

Question 5

What is a positive outcome of brain training?

Answer 5

Keeping the mind active to stave off the decline that occurs with age

Question 6

For what type of deficits are environmental modifications effective?

Answer 6

People with

• reduced insight
• reduced self monitoring and regulation
• significant/catatrophic attentional, memory and executive deficits

Question 7

What are the two alternative strategies in cognitive rehab?

Answer 7

Help them fix the deficit

Help them will to work around or mitigate the deficit