Occupational therapy for cognitive difficulties
Cognitive problems can affect how you process information and carry out everyday activities. Activities that used to come naturally may now require more attention, time or energy. Sometimes you may find that you get distracted more easily, struggle to keep track of things, or that ordinary tasks take more effort.
Perhaps you forget appointments, lose track of things more easily, or find it harder to plan and complete activities. Problems with concentration, processing information or multitasking can also affect your work, household chores and social activities.
Occupational therapy helps to make everyday activities manageable and achievable again. In doing so, we do not focus on improving cognition itself, but on ways to organise and sustain everyday activities more effectively.
What do we offer?
Occupational therapy for cognitive difficulties focuses on supporting daily activities when thinking and processing information become more difficult.
During an initial assessment, for example, we look at:
- how problems with attention, memory or organisation affect daily activities;
- which situations require extra effort;
- how activities are planned, started and completed;
- the influence of stimuli and information processing throughout the day;
- ways of organising or supporting activities differently.
Depending on your situation, our support may consist of advice, compensation strategies, structure, assistive devices, practising skills or making practical adjustments that fit in with your daily life.
Who is this offer intended for?
Occupational therapy for cognitive difficulties may be appropriate if you:
- has difficulty with concentrate or focus;
- forgets things more often or loses track of things;
- if you find it difficult to carry out activities planning or organising;
- has difficulty completing tasks;
- becomes overstimulated more quickly;
- support for changes in thinking or information processing;
- is less able to carry out daily activities independently;
- want to get a better grip on your day and daily routines.
This service may, for example, be appropriate when cognitive difficulties arise following illness, prolonged stress, a medical condition, recovery or other situations in which day-to-day functioning changes.
What can you expect?
