Interventions to Improve Occupational Performance of People With Cognitive Impairments

Interventions to Improve Occupational Performance of People with Motor Impairments

Interventions to Improve Occupational Performance of People with Psychosocial or Emotional Impairments

Interventions to Improve ADLs and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living (IADLs)

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Occupational Therapy Practice Guidelines for Adults with Stroke

American Occupational Therapy Association

Publication Date: Nov 1, 2015

Page Last Updated: May 5, 2026

Interventions to Improve Occupational Performance of People With Cognitive Impairments

Visual scanning training to improve performance (A)
General cognitive rehabilitation to improve global cognitive function (B)
Visuospatial training to improve cognitive function (B)
Cognitive strategy training to improve performance on trained and untrained tasks (B)
Gesture training to improve ideational, ideomotor, and gesture comprehension with correlational improvements in activities of daily living (ADL) independence in people with apraxia (B)
Computerized memory programs to improve memory performance and occupational performance (C)
Ecologically oriented neurorehabilitation of memory (EON–MEM) intervention to help improve memory performance (C)
Exercise and recreation program to improve memory (C)
Time pressure management to improve speed in daily task performance for people with mental slowness (C)
VMall (a virtual supermarket) to address multitasking (C)
Exercise or recreation program to improve executive function (C)
Compensatory training interventions to improve occupational performance in people with visual dysfunction (C)
Individualized home rehabilitation program to improve cognitive function (I)
Attention processing training to address attention deficits (I)
Visual restoration interventions to improve visual dysfunction (I)
Prism adaptation to enhance functional measures (including wheelchair mobility) and nonfunctional measures of unilateral spatial neglect. (I)
Mirror therapy to improve occupational performance in people with unilateral spatial neglect. (I)
Right half-field eye patching to improve occupational performance in people with unilateral spatial neglect (I)
Neck vibration before occupational therapy to improve unilateral spatial neglect (I)
Family participation in therapy to improve unilateral spatial neglect (I)
Spatial cueing to improve wheelchair use for those with unilateral spatial neglect (I)

Document Overview

Document Title: Adults With Stroke

Authoring Society: American Occupational Therapy Association

Document Publication Date: Nov 1, 2015

Page Last Reviewed/Updated: May 5, 2026

Document Type: Guideline

Country of Publication: United States

Full Text Freely Available: No

Full Text Guideline: myaota.aota.org/shop_aota/product/900367

Document Scope, Criteria, and Use Cases

Scope: Management, Rehabilitation

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D000071939 - Stroke Rehabilitation

D020521 - Stroke

D000071939 - Stroke Rehabilitation

Keywords: Stroke Rehabilitation, stroke

Inclusion Criteria: Female, Male, Adult, Older Adult

Health Care Settings: Ambulatory, Home Health, Long Term Care

Intended Users: Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Physician, Physician Assistant, Psychologist, Speech-Language Pathologist