The Neuropsychonline Cognitive. Rehabilitation Therapy program is the latest edition in the evolution of therapyA person freshly diagnosed with a brain injury probably is not that interested in learning about Indonesian wicker furniture, but sometimes when the lobby is filled with rattan furniture and everyone in the room is nervous, it is easy to bring up a topic like that to discuss as a way to avoid talking about the real perils that exist in the room. When someone you love has been diagnosed with a brain injury, encouraging them becomes an act of encouraging yourself as well. This type of injury is hard on everyone, and requires the continuous support of loved ones as well as a highly professional medical team with real experience in Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT).
The confidence a medical staff has in their abilities, always translates to the confidence the patient has in recovery. Some families talk about the medical prognosis in a heavy and serious manner, and some families keep conversations humorous and light, making jokes about the rattan furniture in the lobby, or the rattan bicycles stacked up against the building. Even though those things would not be funny in any other context, when you attempt to be humorous in a difficult situation, the will to accept that humor is easily given by the family members and loved ones who are simply looking for a reason to smile. The patient’s well being is never as simple to determine as looking at an x-ray, it usually also requires the formation of a smile.
In situations that are difficult, like CTR, it is important for people to joke about light topics, like rattan furniture in the lobby or how great the jello in hospitals always tastes. Maintaining too serious of an outlook can make recovery harder than it should be on anyone. So keep it light in the patient’s room, and worry more about making them smile than anything else.