Functional Cognition: Understanding the Importance to Occupational Therapy

Competency in performing IADLs is essential for community independence (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], in press; Wolf et al., 2019). Approximately 20% of clients discharged from an acute care setting are readmitted within 30 days, adversely affecting patient quality of life and imposing a huge burden on the U.S. health care system (Buslovich & Kennedy, 2012; Herrin et al., 2015). Impaired cognitive functioning is frequently implicated in hospital readmission (Anderson