3.2
Identify ways in which impairments resulting from a TBI
may impact upon a person's performance of daily tasks
Injury to a particular part of the brain can cause a
patient to have difficulty performing one or more of the skills they
require for daily living activities. This means that the person will
have difficulty performing that daily living activity.
Here is a list of more ways that skills required for daily living activities
are often affected by traumatic brain injury:
Memory
– can have difficulty remembering appointments,
names, requests, telephone numbers, messages etc
Planning
and organising – can have difficulty
planning activities and getting ready “on time”
Concentration
–
may be distracted and not finishing tasks
Physical
abilities
– may now use a wheelchair or walking aid when out in the community.
Clients may also have weakness in one or both of their arms
Communication
–
may have slurred speech, decreased ability to recognise non verbal
communication or communication that is inappropriate
Energy
and motivation – may fatigue quickly,
and not be able to identify any tasks/activities they would
like to complete
Self
monitoring – may not recognise when
they have made mistakes and the need to correct them
Anger
management – may lose temper easily
Problem
solving – may have difficulty recognising
different solutions to problems. Poor ability to adjust to
a change in weekly
program
