Psychology services at Bancroft NeuroRehab include neuropsychological testing and psychotherapy. For those experiencing psychological symptoms or cognitive changes following COVID-19 infection – particularly those wishing to return to work – a neuropsychological evaluation can be performed to measure an individual’s change in cognitive abilities such as memory, attention and decision making. This information helps identify diagnoses and provides treatment guidelines to facilitate recovery. Psychotherapy can be beneficial to support emotional adjustment and management of associated anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. 

Physical therapy can help individuals address deficits in mobility and function following COVID-19-related neurologic events such as stroke, encephalitis and neuropathies. Physical therapy services can also improve strength and stamina following a prolonged hospital or rehab stay, newly-developed neurologic symptoms, such as dizziness or vertigo, and general physical changes such as muscle weakness and severe fatigue. 

Speech Therapy, can help individuals who have suffered a COVID-19-related stroke or neurologic injury, to improve communication and language skills, and evaluate and treat swallowing difficulties. Speech therapy can treat cognitive symptoms such as impaired word retrieval, attention, and memory deficits associated with COVID-related neurologic syndromes. 

Occupational therapy provides training and education in compensatory techniques for activities of daily living, and treatment of upper extremity deficits that may be associated with COVID-19-related stroke or neurologic events.  Occupational therapy helps patients improve overall functionality to increase independence and safety skills, while addressing physical and cognitive deficits that interfere with activities of daily living.