Neuropsychological Services provides comprehensive consultation, evaluation and intervention services via a holistic view of the individual. For the Geriatric patient Neuropsychological Services can provide information of the strengths and weaknesses in a person's cognitive abilities and emotional state. Assessment can determine degrees of dementia and identify potential red flags.

Long-term Care Facilities: 
The Mental Health Challenge

Left Hemisphere: Verbal / Language

Impairment of:

• Receptive language (ie., poor comprehension, decoding problems)
  
  
• Verbal processing (ie., poor sequential processing, concreteness,
  limited fund of knowledge, etc.)
  
  
• Expressive language (ie., articulation problems, reduced fluency,
  deficient rhythm, etc.)

Left Hemisphere: Etiological Considerations

• Cerebrovascular accident
  
  
• Focal tumor