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Cognitive Screener

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This screener provides you with information regarding the discrepancy between what family members are seeing and what patients are seeing as related to recent changes in cognition. Includes one form for the patient to fill out and one form for family/friends/caregivers to fill out. The document contains definitions for clinical terms for reports as well as tips on how to use the screener within the context of a rehabilitation setting. 
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Cognitive Impairment Care Staff Communication Form

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Therapists can fill out this form in under two minutes and share with physician, nursing, social services, psychological, and therapy staff to ensure adequate understanding of individual cognitive impairments. The form includes quick scoring boxes for the MOCA, MMSE, SLUMS, and a blank area for other test results. It includes quick checkboxes to identify memory, orientation, and problem solving/sequencing abilities. It also contains room for individualized care notes.
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Clothing Shelf Organization Activity

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This activity requires multiple cognitive skills to recognize patterns, make decisions, and draw conclusions. A person must order/sequence clothing items in order to meet certain requirements and rules.
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Changes to Behavior and Personality After Brain Injury

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Many patients and families struggle with the reality of the long-term changes in behavior and personality associated with brain injury. Includes descriptions of aggression, confabulation, emotional lability, lacking emotion, being put in unsafe situations, poor judgment, lack of initiation, disinhibition, agitation, and anxiety.
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Car Buying Activity

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Many cognitive skills go into buying a car. This executive function activity will instruct a person to compare miles per gallon and other features of various vehicles to a wish list to determine which vehicle is the best fit to purchase.
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Calculating Miles Between National Parks to Plan Trip

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This therapy activity targets numerical problem solving instructs the person with a brain injury to calculate miles between national parks in the United States in order to determine which road trip to take.
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Brain Injury Wallet Cards

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
These wallet-sized support cards can be used with communication partners or individuals from the community. They will help explain how a brain injury can affect the brain injury survivor with cognition-communication tasks.
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Brain Injury Resources

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This material provides a list of resources for people who have a brain injury and their caregivers. Resources include associations, companies, support groups, and websites.
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Brain Injury and Nutrition

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
People who have survived brain injury require higher nutritional intake during recovery. This handout describes why and outlines some of the barriers and strategies to addressing these needs. Appropriate for staff, caregivers, patients, and family.
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Brain Injuries and Headaches

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout features a simple pain scale and outlines the use of the rule of 2 in order to reduce the frequency of headaches s/p TBI.
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