title: Right hemisphere dysfunction: therapeutic intervention from acute care to home health.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buth
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Litwin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sonin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Glass
mesh_terms: 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