Aging Final Flashcards
Hunching forward of shoulder, loosing height
Kyphosis
Types of Dementia (ALFV)
Alzheimer’s
Lewy Body
Frontotemporal
Vascular
Most common type of dementia
Alzheimer’s
Dementia with symptoms of sleep disturbance, rigid muscles, and hallucinations
Lewy Body
Dementia affecting planning and judgement, talking, emotions; aka Pick’s Disease
Frontotemporal
Dementia due to changes in veins that supply blood to brain; multiple mini strokes
Vascular
General symptoms of Dementia
Aphasia, Agnosia, Apraxia
Dementia patient exhibits changes in mood, personality, or behavior in the late afternoon and early evening
Sundowning
OT intervention types (HRMM)
Health promotion
Remediation
Maintenance
Modification
Assessment designed to detect early stages of impairments with cognition & memory
Self-administered Gerocogntive Exam (SAGE)
Dementia order of approach
- Palliative Care
- Scheduling/Structure
- Medications
ACL: Responds to internal cues (pain, reflexes, looks to auditory stimuli); Total Assist
Level 1 - Awareness
ACL: Postural actions, righting reactions, aimless walking/grabbing; Max Assist
Level 2 - Gross body movements
ACL: reactions in response to tactile cues, repetitive , 30 min attention span; Mod Assist
Level 3 - Manual Actions
ACL: goal directed actions, understands cause & effect but cannot anticipate, able to go home with supervision, 1 hr attention span; Min assist
Level 4 - Familiar activity
ACL: trial & error learning/problem solving, poor judgement, impulsive, able to be home alone with check ins; Standby assist
Level 5 - New Learning
Erickson Stages for middle-mature adulthood
Generativity v. Stagnation
Ego Integrity v. Despair
Erickson Stage referring to understanding about own value in society
Generativity v. Stagnation
Three phases of retirement (HLR)
Honeymoon, Let-down, Reorientation
What part of Medicare refers to inpatient care and hospital services
Part A