Abstract
The global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has brought about previously unimaginable changes to all of health care, including the field of psychiatric rehabilitation. During the pandemic, many issues pertaining to the people with SMI(Severe Mental Illness) was addressed, however, we have not found any studies exploring the impact of pandemic on Activities of daily living.Here we discuss two case reports to furnish the first -hand experience on how online sessions have helped patients to improve their Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), a component of Activities of Daily Living (ADL).Though the pandemic had an impact on IADL initially in both the patients, with technology facilitated psychiatric rehabilitation both patients improved in areas of managing household chores, cooking, concentration and memory as reported by their caregivers. Family involvement in care and bonding also increased.Online sessions facilitated persons with mental illness to engage in daily activities, created an interest in them to attend the sessions and to translate them in real-time world and increased the involvement of caregivers in training them.
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