Dementia correct answers An acquired brain disease. Interferes with daily activities. Has a negative impact on a persons independence and do things by themselves. This is progressive and irreversible.Cognitive function declines - attention, learning and memory, language, executive function
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Dementia correct answers An acquired brain disease. Interferes with daily activities. Has a negative impact on a persons independence and do things by themselves. This is progressive and irreversible.Cognitive function declines - attention, learning and memory, language, executive function
Delirium correct answers This is temporary and reversible. Opposite of dementia.
Demographics correct answers - 5.7 million people living with dementia
- 60-70% of these have alzheimers disease
- Next most common cause: vascular disease
- Incidence increases with age
- projection: by 2050 13 million will have dementia
Why has age specific risk declined? correct answers Better education and most individuals have better access to healthcare than they would have several years ago
Alzheimer's disease correct answers 100 billion neurons in the brain and they are connected to one another. In this disease, some of thee neurons are destroyed; the damage begins gradually. Losing more and more neurons over time.
Tau correct answers plaques or the buildup of protein fragments and also tangles of another protein.
Lewy Body Disease correct answers A condition that results from the presence of abnormal proteins in the brain. THe time from siagnosis to death is 5-8 years or 2-20 years (less common)
Vascular Dementia correct answers Results from a restriction of blood flow to parts of the brain. Can occur after a stroke or several many strokes. With this disease there is a wide range of severity depending on the blood flow to the neurons of the brain
frontotemporal dementia correct answers this results from cell death in the frontal lobes and temporal lobes. This results in difficulty with clear thinking, executive function, and also the production and understanding of language. This is also referred to as Pick's disease.
Mild Cognitive Impariment (MCI) correct answers Is not nearly as severe as the other types of dementia. Does involve more limitation to cognitive function than would be typical with healthy aging. Does NOT interfere with an individuals ability to live and function independently, but does interfere with more advance cognitive functions.
Attention correct answers Individual with dementia will be easily distracted from an activity. Difficult for them to attend to one thing . Information processing speed will be slower. Memory issues for example: remembering specific autobiographical events from a persons life. Difficulty with short term memory.
Executive functioning or reasoning correct answers May not have a good filter. They may do things and see things that are impulsive that we would be able to regulate with our executive functioning. May have difficulties with inhibition. They lack the ability to connect ideas and thoughts together to come up with creative solutions to difficulties they may run into
MLU correct answers mean length of utterance
Massachusetts General hospital 2017 study correct answers Study found that there were significant differences in the length of utterances from individuals with dementia.
Dementia timeline correct answers By the time a person has been diagnosed with dementia they will typically use far fewer words in an utterance or certainly fewer unique words. Their speech will become repetitive.
Empty Speech correct answers Speech that is repetitive because they arent saying things that are filled with content, but instead tend to use vague words like things instead of being more particular.
Perservation correct answers Another language characteristic of the spoken language of people with dementia. A person with this, tends to stay on topic and not be able to flexibly move to the next topic. May repeat same questions again and again.
Circumlocution correct answers talking all around the actual word instead of saying the actual word.
behavioral changes with dementia correct answers outbursts of anger - they get frustrated with their environments. Anxiety can often accompany dementia because the patietn has difficulty processing info. depression. apathy or lack of interest in activities, suicidal thoughts.
Wandering correct answers 6 out of 10 people with dementia will tend to wander.
Alzheimer's Association Study correct answers Individuals who are in the late stages of disease may be awake as much as 40% of the time during the night, but then theyll be awake during daytime.
Screening correct answers - orientation to person, place, time - do they know their name and the date?
- story recall/retelling - can be useful for short term memory abilities.
- rule out potential causes, hearing loss, med side effects, depression, limited english
Assessment correct answers - Is their dementia mild or moderate?
- case history, medical background, living situation, education
- interview, areas of concern, what has changed?
-cognitive communication, daily convo, participation, remember verbal and non verbal info, executive function
intervention options correct answers What the patient needs today may be different from what they'll need months or a couple years from now. The intervention is geared toward family members or caregivers. We can teach family members about the value of written reminders
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