In this blog, we will discuss the recent court decision: Morris et al. v. Prince et al., 2022 ONSC 1291. In this voir dire, the judge ruled the defense expert life care planner’s evidence inadmissible due to his “failure to be impartial and unbiased.” In the subject...
Written by Lian Yaffe, Occupational Therapist, OT Reg. (Ont.) As noted in our fall newsletter, several types of assessments are used to complete the Cognitive Functional Capacity Evaluation. Specific cognitive measures are used to assess for how cognitive difficulties...
By Jamie Laframboise, MSc (OT), OT Reg. (Ont.) Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) occur when brain function is disrupted by injury to the head, and they are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide (CDC, 2020). TBIs vary in severity from mild (commonly diagnosed...
Memory impairment is one of the most common cognitive issues occupational therapists assess and treat when working with clients who have sustained a head injury. Memory deficits, even when subtle, can have serious consequences for returning to daily activities and...
According to the article, “A practical outcome scale for paediatric head injury” 1, The KOSCHI was created by Crouchman and colleagues “due to the lack of evaluation of active and rehabilitation therapies after TBI.” It is meant to be an adaptation of the original...
The RBANS is a brief standardized screening tool to measure neuropsychological status in adults aged 20 to 89 that was introduced in 1998 by Christopher Randolph, Neuropsychologist. It passed content and construct validity tests. The test measures the following...
