ADLs and IADLs Flashcards
- The OT conducts a worksite visit and assesses an injured client’s workstation. The information gathered by the OT will be used to first:
A. Analyze occupational performance
B. Develop and intervention plan
C. Develop occupational profile
D. Implement an intervention plan
A. Analyze occupational performance
Check muna kung saan nahihirapan si cx
- A 5-year old has special needs that make it difficult for the child to participate in community activities with other children. The child’s parents are concerned that they are the only socialization agents for the child, because community social activities simply do not accommodate their child. Most social interaction are with adults, and the child has never really interacted with peers or made friends. This is a source of great stress for parents. A coping strategy that the OT would suggest is:
A. Develop friendships with other parents in similar situation and form part of a support group.
B. Discuss alternative strategies with the OT that will help the child perform daily living activities with greater skill and independence.
C. Discuss with the OT the various professional services that are available.
D. Participate in recreational and leisure activities that will expose the child to environments other than the house or school.
A. Develop friendships with other parents in similar situation and form part of a support group.
If ever may achievements or concerns, may mas-sharean sila
- A child has a difficulty holding a fork during self- feeding because of decreased sensory receptors in the hand. The OT will MOST likely recommend the use of:
A. A weighted cuff utensils
B. A utensil with a cuff
C. A large utensil
D. A textured utensils
D. A textured utensils
Keywords: Decreased sensory receptors
- A patient with fibromyalgia lives alone and is a meticulous housekeeper; however, the patient cannot hire anyone to assist with household chores because of financial resources. During a home visit, the patient requests advice on the best method to perform to perform household duties. The OT should recommend that the patient:
A. Schedule homemaking chores so that heavy tasks are alternated during the week.
B. Invite friends and neighbors to assists with some of the heavier tasks on alternating basis.
C. Seek funding from social services to hire in-home assistance for household chores.
D. Consider attending a support group to deal with the limitations of this conditions.
A. Schedule homemaking chores so that heavy tasks are alternated during the week.
Fibromyalgia has triggers/ episodes
A follows the principles of energy conservation
- After the evaluation, the OT recommends that the patient work on dressing skills and basic ADLs. However, the patient indicates that these are tasks that the spouse can assist with; the patient would rather concentrate on re-establishing leisure pursuits. What actions should be taken by the OT?
A. Insists the patient perform basic ADLs as this will be helpful to the spouse
B. Bargain with the patient to work on both areas
C. Switch emphasis of treatment based on the clients preferences
D. Refuse treatment because the patient and the therapist disagree
C. Switch emphasis of treatment based on the clients preferences
- Because of the frequent bouts of weakness, an individual requires help approximately 60%-70% of the time, getting into and out of bed and going to the bathroom. When instructing the caregiver on the level of help the person will need, the OT would recommend:
A. Minimum assistance
B. Moderate assistance
C. Maximum assistance D. Constant supervision
C. Maximum assistance
- The OT needs to perform a dependent transfer with a person who is too weak to move independently. The BEST technique is to:
A. Stand in front of the person and encourage standing upright, then pivot to the side.
B. Use one person technique by standing in front of the person and placing them in a forward flexed position.
C. Ask another OT to assist; both will secure the patient under the arms and will pull into standing position.
D. Secure a transfer belt around the individual and pull to stand.
B. Use one person technique by standing in front of the person and placing them in a forward flexed position.
Since di kaya ni px mag bear ng weight, maganda na naka forward flex si px
- An important cultural consideration when working with a child behavioral issues and the family is:
A. The family’s view of disability
B. A therapist personal views
C. societal views of the family culture
D. Societal expectations of disabled
A. The family’s view of disability
- An OT has begun implementing intervention strategies with an infant. One of the parents is very anxious about making sure that the strategies that the OT is utilizing are followed correctly. The best method for teaching the parents strategies is:
A. Provide written handouts
B. Model techniques in sessions
C. Gear to parent learning style
D. Provide illustrations and videos
C. Gear to parent learning style
We should adjust to the their learning style
- The OT is educating a caregiver on how to carry a 30 pound child with severe spasticity who is in a flexed position. It is most likely that The OT will recommend that:
A. The caregiver position the child so that both of the child’s legs wrapped around the caregiver’s waist; the caregiver should support the child with one hand under one buttock and the other hand high on the child’s back.
B. The caregiver position the child so that the child is on its side with its back up against the caregiver’s stomach coming from behind the caregiver should hold the child by positioning one arm between the child’s legs with one hand supporting the child at its stomach and the other arm wrapping around the child’s chest and the other hand supporting the child at the elbow.
C. The caregiver position the child over the caregiver’s shoulder with the child’s arms down at its sides and its legs fully extended
D. The child be carried like a cradled baby with the caregiver supporting the child with both hands under its buttocks.
B. The caregiver position the child so that the child is on its side with its back up against the caregiver’s stomach coming from behind the caregiver should hold the child by positioning one arm between the child’s legs with one hand supporting the child at its stomach and the other arm wrapping around the child’s chest and the other hand supporting the child at the elbow.
- During an intervention session the OT stimulates the need for the client to walk up the stairs to a kitchen with a painful or weak left leg. The patient should be instructed to move the:
A. Left leg to the next step with the cane
B. Right leg up to the next step with that cane
C. Right leg up then his left leg or cane
D. Left leg up and then his right leg or cane
C. Right leg up then his left leg or cane
Code: Good guys go to heaven
- A child has difficulty searching for objects that have dropped from a wheelchair tray. The best method for the OT to use to adapt the child’s environment so the child can engage in play and foster independence is to:
A. Have the child play when someone is present
B. Have the child watch videos
C. Tie a string to toys that is attached to the wheelchair
D. Lower the tray and place at a slight angle
C. Tie a string to toys that is attached to the wheelchair
Every time the toy drops, child can pull the string
- The most appropriate piece of adaptive equipment for an individual with mild to moderate left CVA would be:
A. Button hook
B. Universal cuff
C. Card holder
D. Dressing loops
B. Universal cuff
- A three-year-old child is diagnosed with CP and failure to thrive, and reportedly has difficulty with drooling. chewing, and swallowing. The OT should address:
A. Oral motor deficits
B. Motor sensory deficits
C. Self-feeding
D. Vestibular input
A. Oral motor deficits
- The OT was asked to design a tenodesis splint but for a patient with an incomplete C6 SCI. Which therapeutic goal would this treatment most likely support?
A. Patient will be able to use the hands to perform grasp and release.
B. Patient will be independent with manipulation of fasteners
C. Patient will assist with self-feeding using adapted equipment
D. Patient will be able to put on and remove garment using overhead technique
A. Patient will be able to use the hands to perform grasp and release.
Wrist is slightly extended
- The most common compensation principle for a client who has weakness is:
A. Let gravity assist
B. Use adaptive equipment or methods to replace lost functions such as grasp
C. Use powered equipment
D. Use heavy utensils to increase stability
A. Let gravity assist
Compensation: We are not trying to rehabilitate.
- Using an adaptive approach, one way to suggest for someone to modify the home for decreased acuity would be to:
A. Use non-slip rugs
B. Increase light while minimizing glare
C. Notify neighbors of the problem
D. Encourage driving cessation
B. Increase light while minimizing glare
For cxs with decreased acuity
- In general, which is the most appropriate ADL accommodation for hemiplegia?
A. Weighted items
B. Lightweight items
C. Assistive equipment
D. Adapted techniques
D. Adapted techniques
Easier since alam ni cx kung ano goal ng technique (ex. one hand dressing)
C: Cx with hemiplegia may also have perceptual problem kaya hindi pwede
- While an OT is working with a patient during an ADL session, the patient begins to dress the OT’s arms instead of the patient’s arms. This can be described as:
A. Somatagnosia
B. Difficulty with sequencing
C. Spatial neglect
D. None of the above
A. Somatagnosia
C: Ignoring one side of the body
- A patient with C5 SCI has been admitted to the inpatient rehab unit for therapy. To teach self-feeding the OT might use adaptive equipment such as:
A. Built up handle utensils
B. Mobile arm support
C. Dynamic tenodesis splints
D. Short opponens splint
B. Mobile arm support