Lisa feels that she has made good progress over the last few months. She has been meeting with her employers about returning to work and would like to start a phased return soon.
Click on the options that you think would be helpful for Lisa at this point:
- An assessment of Lisa’s cognition. Yes – if Lisa is still having cognitive difficulties in everyday life, then the Stroke Clinical Psychologist could complete an assessment to help identify areas of strength and weakness and how they interact with her emotional and physical state, and work on rehabilitation for any areas of difficulty.
- Sessions with an occupational therapist to identify any barriers to a successful return to work / to make recommendations about reasonable adjustments in her workplace. Yes – and it may have been helpful for the occupational therapist to have been involved a bit earlier so that they could support Lisa with her discussions with her employer. The OT could make rehabilitation recommendations as well as completing an AHP Health and Work Report to guide Lisa’s employer about how to set up her phased return to work.
- Making a plan for how she will cope if some of her emotional difficulties recur as she goes back to work. Yes – return to work can be challenging, even though Lisa is really keen to get back. Thinking through in advance how she will cope when problems arise makes it more likely that her return to work will be successful without an uncontrolled escalation in anxiety and low mood.
Page last reviewed: 05 Oct 2021
