Presentation
Mild Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure Affects Care Transition
Occupational Therapy Association of California Annual Conference
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Location
Sacramento, CA
Publication Date
10-22-2015
Disciplines
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.
Citation Information
Kitsum Li and Kristin Myers. "Mild Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure Affects Care Transition" Occupational Therapy Association of California Annual Conference (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kitsum_li/49/
Presented at the Occupational Therapy Association of California Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA.