Stroke Recovery Strategies (Ensslen-Boggs)

Course overview

Stroke causes a profound impact on both patients and their families, and drastically changes all aspects of life. An acute onset of cognitive deficits as a result of a stroke may have a permanent effect on all activities carried out during a patients daily life. These deficits include difficulties with attention, orientation, short-term memory, thought organization, reasoning, functional problem solving, and executive functions. Often, the patient has limited or no awareness of these deficits and the associated complications. Therefore, it is crucial for rehab professionals to be able to recognize these deficits, and to understand how they affect overall function, completion of ADLs, and discharge plans. This relevant course will provide you with evidence-based knowledge related to cognitive deficits and their impact on patient recovery after stroke. Participants will learn how to apply principles of experience-dependent neuroplasticity when selecting and implementing treatment objectives, which will help your patients to maintain and improve their functional cognition across disciplines. This course will increase your ability to apply patient-focused interventions to promote more independent completion of ADLs. Participants will also learn about proper documentation of patient goals and outcomes to optimize reimbursement for skilled services.