Unilateral Neglect in Elderly

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Unilateral Neglect in Elderly A Book for Allied Health Professionals & Caregivers

Author Name: Dr Amitabh Kishor Dwivedi | Format: Paperback | Genre : Health & Fitness | Other Details

Ageing is the natural process. In older adults perceptual to cognitive decline is obvious but the intensity and even the effect of perceptual decline on day to day activities is not well described. Unilateral neglect is defined as a failure to attend to the side opposite a brain lesion. Clinically, the presence of severe unilateral neglect is apparent when a patient often collides into his/ her surroundings, ignores food on one side of the plate and attends to only one side of his/ her body. It has a great impact on day to day activities like feeding, reading newspaper, shaving, dressing, etc. Thus the presence of unilateral neglect has been strongly associated with an increased risk for injury and with poor functional outcomes. The effects of USN extend beyond the basic skills for self-care (bathing, dressing, walking, etc.) to instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) that are crucial for successful reintegration into community life. As making person functionally independent is the main role of any occupational therapists, the author has made an attempt to check perceptual decline in different age group of elderly i.e., 60-70 age group & 70- 80 age group. It has been proved scientifically that performance of 70-80 years age group Indian elderly is poor than 60-70 years age group.

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Dr Amitabh Kishor Dwivedi

Dr. Amitabh Kishor Dwivedi is the first Ph.D in the field of Occupational Therapy with more than 15 years of teaching and clinical experience having special recognition and knowledge in area of assistive technology. He is an expertise in assessing and evaluating neurologically impaired cases. He is a life member as well as coordinator of all branches of All India Occupational Therapist Association and has also been certified as Wheelchair Trainer by ISWP which works in collaboration with World Health Organization. He has also been selected as an Expert for reviewing Abstracts in World Federation of Occupational Therapist Journals in the year 2018. Amongst his recent achievements, he has been awarded a National Award for Best Educator as well as an International Award for Innovative Scientist in Occupational Therapy. Apart from that he has published two books entitled “Sleep Deprivation” and “Communication Skills for Professionals and Students”.