In a recent development, some medical centers are offering cognitive rehabilitation to patients with long covid.
found that brain fog was 37 percent more likely in nonhospitalized covid-19 survivors than in comparable peers who had no known covid infections.
To address impairments that interfere with people’s daily lives, a therapist will work on practical strategies with patients. Examples include making lists, setting alarms or reminders, breaking down tasks into steps, balancing activity with rest, figuring out how to conserve energy, and learning how to slow down and assess what needs to be done before taking action.
“As patients become more aware of where difficulties occur and why, they can prepare for them and they start seeing improvement,” said Lyana Kardanova Frantz, a speech therapist at Johns Hopkins University. “A lot of my patients say, ‘I had no idea this [kind of therapy] could be so helpful.’ ”
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