- This page has been taken from Encephalitis – a guide, which was compiled by Elaine
Dowell and Ava Easton with advice and assistance from the Society's Professional
Advisory Panel and members of the Encephalitis Society.
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This term refers to skills that may be likened to the sort of supervisory “jobs”
that an executive may do for a company to ensure that it works efficiently.
These include the ability to plan and to reason; to set goals (e.g. to know why
we are doing things); to organise an activity or a task, to complete it in the right
sequence and to monitor the way that we do this (e.g. realise if we are not doing
it in the best way and revise our plans); to initiate an activity and to know when
to stop doing it; to monitor our behaviour and to know what behaviour is appropriate
in different situations. These difficulties may be relatively subtle or extreme
so that the person may appear unable to tackle even the simplest of tasks, seem
more impulsive or appear totally disorganised.
Problems in this area can cause difficulty within the home with budgeting and making
sure bills are paid on time, running a house, doing things like putting together
a shopping list or preparing a substantial meal. Using public transport can
be difficult if people find it hard to plan a route or make sure they have the correct
money for a fare. If something should disrupt plans, a train being cancelled
for example, then it can be difficult for people working out what to do. In
the work situation problems in this area can make doing complex and varied tasks
difficult.
Last modified: October 2009