Rehabilitation strategies to promote independence in daily living tasks for people with cognitive impairments

Karen P.Y. Liu, Kirralee Hazeltine, Nikki Tulliani, Katie Balderi

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Abstract

In this chapter, rehabilitation strategies to promote independence in daily living tasks for people with cognitive impairments will be outlined. The clienteles described in this chapter include people after a stroke or brain injury, people with Parkinson's disease and mild cognitive impartment or dementia. Two case reports using self-regulation and mental imagery respectively, one randomized clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of a one-week self-regulation program and two randomized clinical trials on testing the efficacy of the three-week self-regulation and mental imagery interventions on post-stroke patients will be summarized in this paper. Mental imagery has been extended to be used by people with mild cognitive impairments. The strategy helps the people to maintain a perceptual map within which the daily tasks are structured. A clinical trial using rehabilitation strategies including mental imagery to promote cognitive function necessary for daily living task performance will be summarized in this chapter. The use of external aids is common for people with Parkinson's disease to help them in initiating motor performance. This treatment strategy is believed to arouse attention of the people in starting off the motor tasks. The use of external aids and how it is internalized using the treatment technique of mental imagery will be described. With the use of various rehabilitation strategies in the occupational therapy programs, people with cognitive impairment showed better performance of daily living tasks.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationActivities of Daily Living (ADL)
Subtitle of host publicationCultural Differences, Impacts of Disease and Long-Term Health Effects
PublisherNova Science Publishers Inc
Pages133-146
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781634639415
ISBN (Print)9781634639132
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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