Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Source
Occupational Therapy Association of California Annual Conference
Location
Sacramento, CA
Publication Date
10-2015
Department
Occupational Therapy
Abstract
Objectives
After attending the presentation, the audiences will be able to:
- Understand the importance of cognition in everyday activity and the cognitive hierarchy to guide practice.
- Recognize the incidence of mild cognitive impairment in individuals with heart failure.
- Understand how mild cognitive impairment may affect heart failure self- care practice and hospitalization readmission.
- Identify the evidence that support use of cognitive screen to identify mild cognitive impairment in individuals with heart failure.
- Compare the evidence among three cognitive screens (Mini-mental Status Exam, Montreal Cognitive Assessment and St. Louis University Mental State Exam).
- (Using Montreal Cognitive Assessment as an example)Identify cognitive components assessed in a cognitive screening tool
- Individualize care transition program that target individual’s cognitive impairments and address individual’s learning needs.
Comments
Presented at the Occupational Therapy Association of California Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.