Facilitating Safe and Sustainable Transitions in Care - Prescribing a Cognitive Home Exercise Program
Prescribing a cognitive home exercise program that meets the individual needs of each client can have positive effects on their brain health, overall cognitive wellness, and the ability to maintain their independence. Providers should prescribe evidenced-based exercises upon conclusion of their care.
The BCAT® Research Center has analyzed longitudinal data and found that individuals who actively participate in specific prescribed working memory exercises (WME), both during and after treatment, sustain their cognitive gains and show improvement in overall BCAT® Test scores at 6-month and 12-month intervals. Read more about the science here.
Cognitive Transitions in Care
It is recommended that each client/patient be prescribed a BCAT® comprehensive program to achieve sustainability and long-term benefits. Providing your clients/patients with education about the importance of participating in WME to maximize brain health and presenting them options for their home program is essential to sustainability. The BCAT® offers scientifically validated options, with a paper/pencil workbook and an online digital platform to meet this need. With something for everyone, each patient/client should be prescribed the program that is right for them.
Cognitive Transitions in Care packet
A focus on cognitive transitions in care should be integrated into each healthcare provider’s care plan. The BCAT® team has created a packet of exercises to support your client in getting started, which includes a sampling of key working memory exercises (WME) necessary to achieve the evidence-based benefits. This packet contains a sample of several different cognitive exercises.
Sample Cognitive Home Exercises
Primary Resources
The BCAT® Working Memory Exercise Book – Professional Edition offers a comprehensive collection of WME clients/patients can use as part of cognitive rehabilitation sustainability program.
The BCAT® DWME is an online, digital platform that offers access to WME that targets key skills such as attention, memory and executive function.
Secondary Resources
- Enroll in the free Brain Exercise of the Week, by subscribing to the ENRICH® membership on the ENRICH® website.
- Check out the Brain Health Workout Kit, a combination of two cognitive workbooks that offer additional memory and attention exercises.
- Check out the BCAT® Brain Fitness Book - Volume 1. This book offers users digital access to hours of cognitive activities that are perfect for engaging your thinking skills and supporting brain health.
The BCAT® WMEB – Home Edition
This workbook contains scientifically validated cognitive exercises that target attention, memory, and executive functioning skills. This evidence-based workbook can be used as part of a patient-centered cognitive workout routine.
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Digital Working Memory Exercise Platform
The Digital Working Memory Exercise Platform contains a variety of interactive, online cognitive exercises that can be completed on any device. This evidence-based program offers hundreds of combinations of both basic and complex cognitive exercises that can be used to promote positive cognitive functioning while buffering against decline.
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The BrainSharp™ Exercise Book
This book contains additional cognitive activities including simple and complex mazes, word scrambles, and word searches. Healthcare professionals can assign additional exercises from this book to improve cognitive performance and everyday functioning.
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Brain Health Coaching
Brain Health Coaching with a certified coach focuses on improvement in overall health while utilizing our unique Brain Health-7 programming tools. Participants learn how to make small changes in daily routines which have a big impact on cognitive and mental health.
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