Making functional cognition a professional priority

• Gordon Muir Giles ^[1] ; Dorothy Farrar-Edwards ^[2] ; Carolyn Baum ^[5] ; Jeremy Furniss ^[6] ; Elizabeth Skidmore ^[3] ; Timothy Wolf ^[4] ; Natalie E. Leland ^[3]
  1. [1] Samuel Merritt University

     Samuel Merritt University

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] University of Wisconsin–Madison

     University of Wisconsin–Madison

     City of Madison, Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] University of Pittsburgh

     University of Pittsburgh

     City of Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos

     
  4. [4] University of Missouri

     University of Missouri

     Township of Columbia, Estados Unidos

     
  5. [5] Department of Occupational Therapy, Washington University
  6. [6] American Occupational Therapy Association, North Bethesda

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• Localización: American Journal of Occupational Therapy, ISSN 0272-9490, Vol. 74, Nº. 1, 2020
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Functional cognition is a critical domain of concern for occupational therapy practice. As the health care system moves to assessing value through achievement of quality outcomes, the field of occupational therapy must address the inclusion of functional cognition in evaluation and treatment. Evidence indicates that impaired cognition contributes to risk of hospital readmission and poor overall health outcomes across diagnostic groups. Moreover, expenditure on occupational therapy services that address functional cognition has been shown to lower hospital readmission rates. To improve client outcomes, occupational therapists must consistently screen for and, when appropriate, evaluate and treat functional cognition impairments and consider functional cognition in the discharge planning process. Occupational therapy professionals must make a proactive, coordinated effort to establish the profession’s role in evaluating and treating clients’ limitations in functional cognition as a means to achieving improved quality care and client outcomes.