Friday, June 29, 2012

making meditation more accessible


The idea that meditation can positively impact one's mood and quality of life finds support, albeit limited, in the scientific literature. And since mood and quality of life can suffer greatly after significant damage to the brain, meditation is a potentially useful treatment in brain injury rehabilitation. But because of the particular learning styles and cognitive impairments that characterize the brain-injured patient, it needs to be made more accessible before it can become a practical and effective mode of treatment.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

interview with a stroke survivor


Q: What happened to bring you to Touchstone?
A: I had a brain clot. The right side of my brain was damaged and my entire left side was paralyzed. I can move it now, but I have no feeling in it. I was in the ICU for about a month. Touch and go.