| CVD Treatment Component |
Clinician Contribution
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| Education |
- Assure hearing aid(s) and/or other assistive
devices are appropriate and in working order
when educational materials are presented
- Assure the length and complexity of
educational materials are compatible with
the patient's cognitive and linguistic abilities
- Provide information about the relationship
between CVD and cognitive-communicative abilities
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| Lifestyle Changes and Pharmacotherapy |
- Assure instructions for implementing
dietary, exercise, and other lifestyle programs
and for taking medications are compatible
with the patient's cognitive-communicative abilities
- Provide direct cognitive-linguistic therapy
to maintain or improve patients' ability to
follow prescribed lifestyle and/or
medication treatments
- Provide compensatory strategies/devices
to help patients' adhere to lifestyle
programs and pharmacotherapy
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