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• Archive: Stroke causes a profound impact on both patients and family members and dramatically changes all aspects of life.
• Cognitive deficits as a result of stroke may have a permanent impact on all activities carried out during a patient’s daily life, and lead to accelerated physical decline as well as increased falls risks.
• These include difficulties with attention, orientation, memory, thought organization, reasoning, and functional problem solving.
• Often the patient has limited or no awareness of these issues and the complications associated with them.
• Therefore, it is imperative for the rehab professional to be able to recognize these deficits, and to understand how they affect a patient's overall function, completion of ADL's, and discharge plans.This recording will provide you with the latest evidence-based knowledge related to cognitive deficits and their impact on stroke recovery.