How do stroke patients restore their memory? These small games can play a big role!

The obstacles of memory loss (forgetfulness, poor memory), aphasia (inability to speak, not understanding), agnosia (not recognizing people or things in the past), and apraxia (inability to do things that were previously known, such as dressing, brushing teeth, etc.) after stroke are obvious, and many patients' cognitive impairments have a great impact on their daily living ability. Therefore, cognitive rehabilitation is the main goal of our rehabilitation training to improve patients' daily living ability and quality of life.

Among cognitive dysfunctions, attention and memory are two of the most prominent features. Here are some cognitive training methods at home that focus on attention and memory.

The first method: using playing cards

Sorting method (excluding JQK Big King and Little King); generally, the difficulty of training should be adjusted immediately according to the degree of cognitive impairment of the patient or whether there is improvement after a period of practice.

Same flower type, same color sorting, for example, "♣" from 1 to 10; "♠" from one to ten...

Same pattern, same color, only odd numbers or only even numbers, for example, “♣” 1, 3, 5, 7, 9; “♠” 2, 4, 6, 8, 10…

Same color, different pattern, randomly selected, rehearsed order.

Family members should keep track of time or timing while the above items are being trained, and also keep track of the errors, which will help in observing whether the patient is making progress in training.

The second method: Deletion method

You can find a short article in newspapers, books, magazines, etc. at home (the article should not be too long at the beginning), and ask the patient to delete the specified words while reading the article (this word is one word, no change is required). This method is conducive to improving the patient's attention and memory.

The third type: classification game

Prepare some cards of fruits, vegetables, transportation, stationery, etc. Randomly pick a few of each and mix them together, and let the patient classify them

The fourth type: connection

Draw 25 small circles randomly on a piece of paper, then label them with numbers 1-25, and then the patient will connect them in order.

First draw 15 small circles on a piece of paper and label them 1-15. Then draw 15 small circles and label them A-O. Ask the patient to connect them in sequence as 1-A-2-B-3-C-4-D...13-M-14-N-15-O.

Fifth: Listen and remember simultaneously

The family members first randomly write a number on a piece of paper, and then read it out at a constant speed, asking the patient to listen and write down how many times the same number is read out. For example, how many times the "1" in "524113941695174113" is read out. As the patient improves, the number should be gradually increased.

Type 6: Calculation Questions

In order to train the patient's memory and attention, the patient is asked to do continuous addition, for example, 7+7=14, 14+7=21, 21+7=28... The family members are asked to only give the first question, and then tell the patient how many times to add.