7.3 - Indirect Interventions for Dementia Flashcards
What are 4 Environmental Modifications that can assist patients with Dementia?
Increasing lighting
Decreasing noise
Creating home-like environment
Developing familiar routines
What does ANCDS stand for?
Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
What do the ANCDS Guidelines state that we should be doing with family/caregivers?
Educating Caregivers on AD
Training Communication Strategies
Why does the ANCDS recommend that we should• educate caregivers on communication strategies?
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Contribute to more successful conversational exchanges
Contribute to improved quality of life
Maintenance of language abilities with AD
Increases their knowledge of AD and their understanding of communication breakdown
What is the FOCUSED Program for Caregivers?
Program designed to help prepare family members and professional caregivers to communicate with persons with AD
What is the FOCUSED Program for Caregivers based on?
Interactive discourse model of conversational exchanges
What does FOCUSED stand for?
F – Face to face
O – Orient
C – Continue
U – Unstick
S – Structure
E – Exchange
D - Direct
What is the FOCUSED Program for Caregivers – Module 1?
3
Discusses characteristics, pathology and incidence of AD
Language component processes are presented
Diagnosis of AD (probable) discussed
What is the FOCUSED Program for Caregivers – Module 2?
2
Memory decline in normal aging vs AD
Depression in AD
What is the FOCUSED Program for Caregivers – Module 3?
3
Interpersonal skills and effective communication with individuals with
AD
Social communication
Empathy
What is the FOCUSED Program for Caregivers – Module 4?
FOCUSED program strategies for effective communication with
individuals with AD
What is the FOCUSED Program for Caregivers – Module 5?
2
Stages of AD and concurrent communication characteristics
FOCUSED program strategies reviewed
What are 3 examples of nonpharmalogical treatments of dementia?
Caregiver education + support
Training in problem solving
Targeted therapy directed at underlying causes of specific behaviors
What are 3 targeted behaviors that may be seen in MCI?
Forgetting to take medications
General forgetfulness
Disorientation to time
What are 6 targeted behaviors that may be seen in Moderate Dementia?
Falling + poor balance
Hearing voices or noises
Inability to respond to emergencies
Leaving home/Wandering
Memory-related behavior
Nighttime wakefulness
