Dementia: Improving Brain injuries with rehabilitation
Dr. Clare, a clinical psychiatrist at the University of Exeter, ran a recent study with brain injuries and cognitive rehabilitation. One of her patients has early signs of Dementia and she has a program that allows the brain to restore and help with daily functions.
Cognitive rehabilitation is a way to help people with brain injuries try and restore normal functions by individualized programs that use specific skill training and practice metacognitive strategies. The program links occupational and other therapists together and brings them into the homes of patients suffering with dementia.[…]