Memory Impairment and Occupation - A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment

Informationen zum Autor Jonathon O'Brien, SROT, PhD, is a lecturer in occupational therapy at the University of Liverpool, UK. Prior to this, he was employed by the National Health Service for fifteen years, working as an occupational therapy team leader in stroke and complex rehabilitation for several years. He maintains an honorary contract to work in the National Health Service and has also been a member of the editorial board of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy. Klappentext Apply the latest evidence-based knowledge of human memory in your occupational therapy practice. Memory is among the core components of the human experience. We draw continuously on memory in our everyday lives, facilitating our daily routines and building on our past experiences to improve our future occupational performance. Memory loss impairs human occupation in myriad ways. Memory Impairment and Occupation: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment is a practical, evidence-based guide that is essential reading for occupational therapists, providing ways forward for those working with memory impaired individuals. There are chapters on concepts of memory, memory development throughout the lifespan, amnesia in traumatic brain injury, dementia and post-traumatic stress disorders, memory impairments in children and adolescents, adults with acquired brain injury, and older people. The book draws on the latest evidence from cognitive neuroscience, while maintaining a consistent focus on the distinct theoretical contributions of occupational therapy and occupational science. Memory Impairment and Occupation: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment readers will also find: Points for discussion, case studies, activities and simulation activities that can be used in personal study, in-service training, or university tutorials and seminars Lucid outlines of relevant neuroanatomy An innovative 'memory checklist' that can be used as part of task analysis when working with people with memory impairments Memory Impairment and Occupation: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment is ideal for occupational therapy clinicians and students concerned with the assessment and treatment of people with memory impairments. It will also be of interest to physicians, psychologists, speech and language therapists, and all those working with this population. Zusammenfassung MEMORY IMPAIRMENT AND OCCUPATIONApply the latest evidence-based knowledge of human memory in your occupational therapy practice.Memory is among the core components of the human experience. We draw continuously on memory in our everyday lives, facilitating our daily routines and building on our past experiences to improve our future occupational performance.Memory loss impairs human occupation in myriad ways. Memory Impairment and Occupation: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment is a practical, evidence-based guide that is essential reading for occupational therapists, providing ways forward for those working with memory impaired individuals. There are chapters on concepts of memory, memory development throughout the lifespan, amnesia in traumatic brain injury, dementia and post-traumatic stress disorders, memory impairments in children and adolescents, adults with acquired brain injury, and older people. The book draws on the latest evidence from cognitive neuroscience, while maintaining a consistent focus on the distinct theoretical contributions of occupational therapy and occupational science.Memory Impairment and Occupation: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment readers will also find:* Points for discussion, case studies, activities and simulation activities that can be used in personal study, in-service training, or university tutorials and seminars* Lucid outlines of relevant neuroanatomy* An innovative 'memory checklist' that can be used as part of task analysis when working with people with memory i...

List of contents

Preface xi
 
Acknowledgements xiii
 
1 Concepts of Memory 1
 
Defining Learning and Memory 1
 
Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Learning and Memory 2
 
Long-Term Potentiation 4
 
Occupation and Neural Plasticity 5
 
Historical Theories of Memory 6
 
Associationism and Occupation 6
 
Schema Theory 6
 
Information Processing Approaches 8
 
Levels of Memory Processing 11
 
The Case of Henry Molaison 13
 
Taxonomies of Memory 17
 
Tulving's Hierarchy of Procedural, Semantic and Episodic Memory 18
 
The Relationship Between Episodic and Semantic Memory 20
 
Vulnerability of Episodic Memory 21
 
Episodic Memory and Human Occupation 22
 
Working Memory 22
 
The Atkinson and Shiffrin Model of Working Memory 22
 
The Multicomponent Model of Working Memory 24
 
Prospective Memory 27
 
Towards a Culturally Situated Understanding of Memory 34
 
Conclusion 35
 
Points for Discussion 36
 
Activities 36
 
References 37
 
2 Memory and Occupation Across the Lifespan 43
 
Memory in Infancy 44
 
Implicit Memory in Infancy 46
 
Ecological Model of Infant Memory: The Task of Crawling and the Development of Memory 46
 
Autobiographical Memory in Infants 48
 
Infantile Amnesia 48
 
Episodic Memory in Children 54
 
Source Memory and Infantile Amnesia 55
 
Working Memory from Ages 5 to 1256 Development of Declarative and Procedural Memory 60
 
Environmental Factors Affecting Declarative Memory 64
 
Memory in Adolescence 65
 
Development of the Neocortex and Hippocampus 65
 
Development of Prospective Memory in Adolescence 66
 
The Use of Memory Strategies 66
 
The Growth of 'Metamemory' 68
 
Declarative Metamemory 68
 
Procedural Metamemory 69
 
Memory in the Ageing Person69
 
The Centrality of Occupation 69
 
Working Memory in Alzheimer's Type Dementia 69
 
Selective Impairment of Divided Attention: Implications for Occupational Performance 71
 
Cognitive Decline with Age in Pre-industrial and Industrial Societies 73
 
Changes in Prospective Memory: Implications for Occupational Performance 74
 
Evidence from the 'Enriched Environments' Paradigm 76
 
The Socio-economic Gradient in Dementia 77
 
Conclusion 83
 
Points for Discussion 83
 
Activities 84
 
References 84
 
3 Memory Impairments 89
 
Amnesia 90
 
Post-traumatic Amnesia 91
 
Retrograde Amnesia 92
 
Temporal Gradient in Retrograde Amnesia 92
 
Explaining Retrograde Amnesia 94
 
Anterograde Amnesia 97
 
Explaining Anterograde Amnesia 97
 
Key Characteristics of Amnesia 98
 
Alzheimer's Type Dementia 99
 
Prevalence 99
 
Aetiology 99
 
Treatment 102
 
Memory in Alzheimer's Type Dementia 103
 
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 111
 
'Dual Representation' Approach to Memory in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 111
 
Conclusion 113
 
Points for Discussion 114
 
Case Study Vignette 114
 
Activities 114
 
Activity 1 114
 
Activity 2 115
 
Activity 3 115
 
References115
 
4 Occupational Therapy Assessment, Goal Setting and Action Planning with the Person with Memory Impairment 119
 
Assessment of Memory Impairment and the Philosophy of Occupational Therapy 120
 
Conceptual Practice Models 121
 
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Product details

• Authors: Jonathon O'Brien, Jonathon O''brien, Jonathon (University of Liverpool O''brien
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2024
• EAN: 9781119708865
• ISBN: 978-1-119-70886-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Ergotherapie, Occupational Therapy, Health & Social Care, Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen, Ergotherapie / Praxis, Occupational Therapy Practice, Ergotherapie u. psychische Verfassung, Occupational Therapy and Mental Health