R-Frontal Lobe Damage

Question 1

difficulty in planning

Answer 1

problem solving, divergent thinking, strategy formation

Question 2

reduced initiation

Answer 2

the person can’t start themselves on anything
You aren’t able to initiate doing things that need to be done
Ex: picking up a toy in the hall that someone could trip on

Question 3

Problems using cues

Answer 3

problems using cues to adjust performance
Be straight forward with cues because facial expressions don’t exactly work
They cannot use cues to adjust performance on a task; say “no that’s not right”
If you’re having a conversation and the patient goes off on a tangent, teach the caregiver to tell them “that is not on the topic we are talking about”

Question 4

impaired temporal memory

Answer 4

what came first or second

Additionally, patients will have trouble knowing the order or remembering the sequence of events