Right hemisphere dysfunction: therapeutic intervention from acute care to home health.
This article discusses clinical practice variances in speech-language treatment of patients with right hemisphere dysfunction by therapeutic milieu. With an eye toward enhanced cost effectiveness, a model of intervention is presented that takes a patient from acute care management through rehabilitation. Issues discussed include assessment, family training, goal setting, and documentation. A right hemisphere screening tool is included in an appendix for use in acute and transitional care settings where in-depth testing might be inappropriate because of time constraints or the acute or transitory nature of the patient's symptoms.
Burns
M S
MS
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA.
Schneider
A
A
Buth
C
C
Eisenberg
N
N
Kelly
A
A
Litwin
C C
CC
Sonin
A
A
Buckley
H
H
Glass
M B
MB
D000208:Acute Disease; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004282:Documentation; D005190:Family; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology