![]() She attended the University of Connecticut from 2010-2014. As a three sport (soccer, basketball, and softball) athlete, Amanda was a member of six state championship teams three years in a row. It turns out she was quite the athlete throughout high school. Outpatient Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Day Kimball Healthcare Center in DanielsonĪs a speech language pathologist, Amanda spends her days evaluating and treating a variety of communication disorders including speech, language, voice, fluency (stuttering), swallowing, and cognition to help improve her patients’ quality of life.Īmanda was raised in a small New England town at the base of Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont where she grew up snowboarding and skiing since the age of five. To learn more about DKH’s rehabilitation services, visit our Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation page.Īmanda Gentry, Speech Language Pathologist These colleagues provide occupational, physical, and speech therapy services to help our patients recover and get back to their normal lives faster. We’re proud to highlight our outstanding rehab and therapy teams at Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH). Subscribe below to learn more occupational therapy tips and tricks, and don’t forget to check me out on youtube and instagram.During the month of September, we celebrate National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, observed this year from September 20 through September 26. It’s fast, easy, and will give you good results, but it’s not as comprehensive as the MOCA. If you have to include an assessment in your documentation and you’re short on time, go with the mini cog. It may take a little longer, but you can omit questions, and use it as a screening tool. I’ve mentioned a few tests in this article, but if you only need one, go with the MOCA. The slums is similar to the MOCA but more preferred by speech therapists. The MMSE is a great quick screening tool, but it doesn’t include the clock drawing. I’ve found that the best cognition assessments are free. Otherwise, the test can be downloaded as a mobile app.Ĭurrently, it does not work on the iPhone. The patient has to be able to print the test, complete it, and send it back. This may be helpful if you’re doing a remote assessment or if a family member is requesting a test they can do at home. It takes about 10-15 minutes to complete and only requires a pen and printed copy of the assessment. The SAGE test can be given to the client to be completed on their own at home. If you are unable to do a cognition test in person, try using the SAGE assessment. It evaluates your thinking abilities and helps physicians to know how well your brain is working. The Self-Administered Gerocognitive Exam (SAGE) is designed to detect early signs of cognitive, memory or thinking impairments. It is not a diagnostic tool, but it can be helpful to determine if a patient has signs of mild or moderate/severe dementia. ![]() ![]() ![]() The MOCA is great for most patients but may not be accurate for patients with a language barrier or visual deficits. If I suspect they may have significant deficits, I’ll either go more in depth or do a full MOCA assessment the following day. If I’m doing an evaluation, sometimes I’ll just do 3 or 4 items on the MOCA. If you don’t have 10 minutes to assess cognition, just spend 2-5 min assessing memory, vision and executive functioning. You can also use the MOCA as a brief screening tool for cognition. The MOCA doesn’t only give you a score for your patient, but helps you understand the problem areas, so you can make goals.įor example, if your patient scores low in memory but normal in other domains, you can focus your treatment on activities to address memory (memory journal, games, etc). The MOCA assesses 8 domains and can be completed in about 10 minutes or less.Īlthough you technically need to be certified to administer it, you can download it for free and use it as a quick screening tool. It’s one of the best assessments for patients with cognitive deficits or mild dementia. The MOCA is my favorite assessment for cognition. It’s also easy to memorize so you don’t have to take the assessment with you. The mini cog is free and includes the clock test and memory assessment. If you want to take your assessment a step further, have your patient take the mini Cog. ![]()
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