Post Covid-19 Assessment and Rehabilitation
I take referrals from professionals to provide psychological and neuropsychological assessment of ongoing difficulties following Covid-19. Together with the patient I then design a bespoke rehabilitation plan and make arrangements to support its management. Rehabilitation works best by making use of local facilities therefore I can co-ordinate Case Management of the rehabilitation programme as required.
After the acute phase of Covid-19, people who have been severely ill often continue to suffer a range of significant physical and psychological changes which compromise their recovery in different ways and to varying degrees. Some people are facing damage or dysfunction in more that one major system. People who have had milder illness sometimes go on to suffer low level infection long after apparent recovery (Long Covid). They too can have one or more recurring and debilitating symptoms that can often be triggered by inadequate rest, sleep and emotional dysregulation.
Neuropsychological Assessment is included where there is suspected neurological dysfunction. This approach interprets the results of cognitive tests within the context of a person's mental state and post-Covid physical disadvantage and psychological adjustment.
The overall assessment profile for each person provides the baseline from which the rehabilitation programme
can proceed. It also provides cognitive data on the short- and long-term sequelae of Covid-19.
This service is offered either on-line or face to face with social distancing.