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Home Evaluations Explained (plus a handout for patients and caregivers!) – Jason M., OT For a successful discharge to home, a

Bringing Awareness to the Cognitive Effects of Cushing’s Disease by Melissa neve, M.A., CCC-SLP While perusing Facebook before work one morning,I read a post from a close friend. She posted a link (Cognitive decline in patients with Cushing's syndrome) entitled “Cognitive Decline in Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome.” Her commentary read, “What I want to know is why….? And can it be reversed…? It’s okay at home and sometimes even comical…. but not so much elsewhere. He understands and the kids think it is funny when I can’t think of what the “refrigerator” is called or I… just stop talking in the middle of a sentence because I plum forgot what I was JUST talking about and say “UM” repeatedly. Or twist my words into something completely different like “fart smones” (*smart phones*). I get extremely annoyed that I can’t remember how to spell things, too!! So, if I don’t remember that conversation we had 2 days, a week, a month ago, or the fact that I even talked to you, this is why!” I commented that I’d befalse

Making a Social Shift by melissa n., M.A., CCC-SLP After thirteen years in the field of Speech Pathology which include experiences

A Quick Review on 3 Strengthening Regimens Recently I was reviewing a care plan I had on a patient, when I

The End of an Assignment, A Year in Review Tomorrow, Friday, March 23, 2012, marks the end of my rotation in