Aquired Brain Injury Flashcards
Stages of Alzheimer’s
- mild -suspicious behaviour
- medium -loss of bowel
- severe-skin breakdown, seizures
Lobes of the brain
Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe
Conscious
Awareness of surroundings, what is happening and able to control thoughts and behaviours
Sub conscious
Memories, past experiences and thoughts that can be recalled by a person
Unconscious
Experiences and feelings that cannot be remembered
Id
Your basic needs
Ego
Reasoning and decision making
Ten warning signs of Alzheimer’s
Recent memory loss, speaking and language, performing tasks,abstract thinking, misplacing things,changes of mood and behaviour
Alzheimer’s
A fatal disease that destroys vital cells of the brain
Tools to communicate with pts with Alzheimer’s
Touch, humor, music, reading, wrighting, body language, sign language, smiling
Few tips to deal with Alzheimer’s pts
Treat them like an adult
Short and simple
Eye contact
Aggression
Potential or actual injury to self or others
Non violent intervention
Management of verbal or physical aggression in a non harmful way
Dementia
Drugs and alcohol Eyes and ears defects Metabolic and andocrine disease Emotional disorders Tumours and trauma Infection Arterio sclerosis
Crisis development
Anxiety
Defensive
Acting out person
Tension reduction
Staff attitude
Supportive
Directive
Non violent crisis intervention
Therapeutic rapport
Crisis intervention
Anxiety,defencive,acting out person,tension reduction
Paraverbal communication
Tone,volume,cadence
Supportive stance
Honours personal space
Allows enough room to avoid personal injury
Non threatening non challenging and offers an escape route
acquired brain injury
Damage to brain tissue caused by disease, medical condition, accident, or violence.
Head injury
Describes a multitude of causes of injury to skull, brain and can be mild
Traumatic brain injury
External force causing trauma to the brain
Reminiscence Therapy (RT)
involves the discussion of past activities, events and experiences with another person or group of people, usually with the aid of tangible prompts such as photographs, household and other familiar items from the past, music and archive sound recordings
Symptoms of a stroke
Numbness or weakness on one side Confusion or trouble speaking Vision and perception problems Trouble moving Severe headache
Reality orientation
a program designed to improve cognitive and psychomotor function in persons who are confused or disoriented.
Defence mechanisms
are unconscious coping mechanisms that reduce anxiety generated by threats from unacceptable impulses.
Life review
Flash before their eyes
Dementia stage 1
The person becomes aware that she is not thinking and remembering as she did in the past
Dementia 2
At this stage memory lapses and confusion become more obvious and the person can no longer hide her memory gaps from family and friends
Stage 3 of dementia
At this stage, your family member is highly impaired by her dementia. It is obvious to anyone speaking to her for more than a few minutes that something is wrong with her ability to think
Acquired brain injury
(ABI) is brain damage caused by events after birth, rather than as part of a genetic or congenital disorder such as fetal alcohol syndrome, perinatal illness or perinatal hypoxia.
S+s of abi
Anhedonia Apraxia Aphasia Amnesia Adynamia Disinhibition Emotional flooding Perseveration
Mild Alzheimer’s
1.mild -suspicious behaviour
Stage 2 of Alzheimer’s
2.medium -loss of bowel
Stage 3 of Alzheimer’s
3.severe-skin breakdown, seizures
