Cognitive Rehabilitation – One Step Forward

We seemed to have had some progress in the 10 months since the hemorrhage, but nothing significant to change our father’s everyday comfort. At our wits end on the next steps in rehabilitation, my sister contacted one Dr. Vishalakshi Raman who specializes in Cognitive Rehabilitation. The Doctor suggested we pick couple of puzzles and games, match it with music and repeat the games everyday – at the same time, with the same music. The right brain which is receptive to music apparently would get activated and would learn to associate that music with that particular puzzle or game. This stimulation is likely to help the right brain learn some of the activities of the left brain.

So we picked up some games last evening. The first one we tried was placing the shapes in its appropriate spaces. My sister and I watched him with breathless expectation.

All the achievements throughout our father’s life did not match the triumph we experienced when he placed the first shape in its right place. A moment of swelling pride. In reality, we were more relieved not have to teach him shapes.

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