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Adults with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury who receive social skills training perform significantly better on measures of social communication than patients who receive no treatment. Adults with traumatic brain injury who receive comprehensive cognitive rehabilitation therapy report significant improvement on measures of quality of ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Long-term brain disorders causing impaired memory, thinking and behavior This article is about the cognitive disorder. For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). "Senile" and "Demented" redirect here. For other uses, see Senile (disambiguation) and Demented (disambiguation). Medical ...
That's when Lindsey Henry, Luptowski's occupational therapist, found a way to step up to the challenge by incorporating adapted virtual reality games into her physical therapy sessions.
The goal of occupational therapy for older adults is to ensure that older adults can maintain independence and reduce health care costs associated with hospitalization and institutionalization. In the community, occupational therapists can assess an older adults ability to drive and if they are safe to do so.
Geriatrics is highly interdisciplinary consisting of specialty providers from the fields of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, physical and occupational therapy. Elderly patients can receive care related to medication management, pain management, psychiatric and memory care, rehabilitation, long-term nursing care, nutrition and different ...
Working memory training is intended to improve a person's working memory.Working memory is a central intellectual faculty, linked to IQ, ageing, and mental health.It has been claimed that working memory training programs are effective means, both for treating specific medical conditions associated with working memory deficit, and for general increase in cognitive capacity among healthy ...
Cognitive retention therapy (CRT), also known as the Ashby Memory Method, is a cognitive therapy for dementia, based on the research of Dr. Mira Ashby.It is adapted from her programs for brain injury rehabilitation, for which she won the Order of Canada in 1984. [1]
Reminiscence therapy is an intervention technique used with people who have a memory disorder, by asking about their life history. For example, if an older person sees an old photo or a vintage car , then they may be asked if they remember when the photo was taken, or if they knew anyone who had a car like that.