Empowering Caregivers Workshop: Supporting cognition and daily functioning

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Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD, ABPP/CN, focuses on difficulties with thinking that impact daily functioning and how to support areas of cognitive change.

Keeping our minds engaged can help support cognition and combat boredom, apathy, and agitation. Compensatory strategies can be used to support memory and other areas of thinking and promote participation in helpful daily activities. Dr. Mechanic-Hamilton discusses these strategies and how to implement them in daily life.

Dr. Mechanic-Hamilton joined the Penn Memory Center in 2012. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and director of Cognitive Fitness Programs and Neuropsychological Services at the Penn Memory Center. Dr. Mechanic-Hamilton’s research and clinical work focuses on neuropsychological assessment and cognitive and behavioral intervention in patients with cognitive impairment.
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