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Mental Fatigue Following Brain Injury

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Mental fatigue is a common long-lasting symptom that is poorly understood by people with brain injuries. This educational handout describes mental fatigue following brain injury, symptoms and places/times it can be worse, provides suggestions for assessment tools to track mental fatigue over a period of time, and tips/strategies to manage mental fatigue.
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Meniscus Tears: What to Expect

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Meniscus tears are a common condition that can produce locking, catching, and pain in the knee. Some meniscus tears involve a specific traumatic incident and others come on over time. This handout outlines what they are, what to expect, how long recovery may take and which treatment options may be best to manage meniscus tears.
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Memory Scrapbooking

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This is an outline for a scrapbooking activity that caregivers/family can create with the patient with dementia in order to recall and commemorate past events.
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Ménière Syndrome

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
The cause of Méniére syndrome is not well understood but causes dizziness or vertigo, intermittent hearing loss, sensation of fullness in the ears, and ringing in the ears. Frequently episodes of dizziness are the most debilitating and last for hours or days. Hearing loss generally happens slowly over time with acute flare-ups affecting the ability […]
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Memory Log Template

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This memory log is designed for rehab therapists working with people who have memory impairments. The first of the 2 page template captures names of therapists, doctors, therapy goals, events leading to hospitalization and current location. The second page can be filled out each day the patient is in the facility and captures what was […]
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Memory Book Template

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This material is a memory book template that can be printed and used for multiple patients in different settings.  A variety of pages are provided to be able to choose and create a memory book that is most functional for your patient.
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Medication Management with Low Vision

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
When a person has difficulty reading medication labels, they are at increased risk of taking the wrong pill, over-or under-medicating, or missing expiration/refill dates. This material provides information about resources now available from ideas created by the working group established by Section 904 of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, education regarding […]
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Medication Management Aids

December 30, 2021 by Megan Berg.
With the complexity and number of medications administered following brain injury, other diagnoses, or general cognitive and physical decline with aging, it can be difficult for a person to manage their medications independently. Unfortunately, many people do not have the supervision or assistance needed 24/7 to assist with this skill. This handout provides a variety […]
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Medical Trauma

December 29, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Based on the course Rehabilitation After Medical Trauma: Reinvent the Heal by Amy Salerno, MS, CCC-SLP, this resource is designed to be posted in clinical facilities to spark discussion amongst staff on how to build a medical trauma informed culture and environment at their facility.
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