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Neuropsychologists assess brain functioning and its impact on thinking, emotions, and behaviour. They offer recommendations for diagnosis, support, and improving daily functioning, addressing concerns about memory, thinking, behaviour, or brain-based conditions
A neuropsychological assessment can help you understand conditions like dementia, mild cognitive impairment, concussion, and head injury. It can also help you identify your cognitive strengths and areas where support may be needed. This information can help you plan the best next steps for rehabilitation, treatment, or daily life. You can also track how your brain is responding to treatment or training.
The assessment evaluates attention, concentration, language comprehension and expression, visual-perceptual skills, memory functions, executive functions (planning, problem-solving), mood, and emotional functioning.
More information about neuropsychological assessments and what’s included, can be found here.
We request referrals are sent by your GP or other health professional to ensure we have all relevant information and can communicate the outcome of your assessment. Referrals are prioritised based on the information provided.
ACC funded Neuropsychological assessment referrals must be made through the patient’s ACC Case Manager.
A referral may be declined if the team feels your needs would be better evaluated by another service. If there is a change in your clinical condition prior to being seen by Riddiford Neurology, we would encourage your referring health professional to contact our clinical team so we can consider appropriate changes to prioritisation.
Riddiford Neurology is a private neurology provider. Patients from out of region may be seen by the team. While some appointments may be possible via telephone or videoconference, it is important that patients are willing and able to travel to in-person appointments if required. We are unable to access some investigations in other regions, including some investigations at the public hospitals. If we are unable to access the necessary local services to provide appropriate care, or patients are unable to travel to Wellington when required, care may need to be transferred to a local provider. We are very happy to discuss this further with each patient.