Definitions

Question 0

Second to most common type of dementia

Answer 0

Vascular dementia

Question 1

Most common type of dementia

Answer 1

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 2

A combination of ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and any other type of dementia

Answer 2

Mixed dementia

Question 3

Similar to Alzheimer’s, including problems with memory, judgement and behavior changes.
Alertness and severity of cognitive symptoms MAY FLUCTUATE DAILY

Answer 3

Dementia with Lewy bodies

Question 4

Parkinson’s disease dementia is associated with persons afflicted with Parkinson’s disease in the _________ _____________.

Answer 4

Last stages

Question 5

Damage to cells located in the front and side regions of the brain.

Symptoms are change in personality and behavior and difficulty with language.

Answer 5

Frontotemporal dementia

Question 6

Type of dementia that is believed to be caused by Mad Cow disease.

Rapidly fatal disorder that impairs memory and coordination and behavior changes

Answer 6

Creutzfeldt-Jakob

Question 7

Dementia caused by fluid buildup on the brain

Symptoms are difficulty walking, memory loss, and bladder incontinence

Answer 7

Normal Pressure hydrocephalus

Question 8

Difficult remembering names, recent events, depression and apathy

Answer 8

EARLY symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease

Question 9

Impaired judgement, disorientation, confusion, behavior changes, and difficulty in activities of daily living

Answer 9

LATER symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease

Question 10

Symptoms of Vascular Dementia are similar to those of ____________, however _____________ may not be as severely affected.

Answer 10

Alzheimer’s disease,

Memory

Question 11

The loss or decline in memory and other cognitive abilities

Caused when brain cells are damaged from various diseases and conditions

Answer 11

DEMENTIA

Question 12

To have a diagnosis of dementia, a person must have a decline in memory AND a decline in __________ _____ of _____ cognitive abilities. The reduction in cognitive abilities must be so severe that it ….

Answer 12

At least one of four

Interferes with daily life

Question 13

Ability to generate coherent speech or understand spoken or written language

Answer 13

This AND decline in memory is necessary for a diagnosis of dementia

Question 14

Ability to recognize or identify objects

Answer 14

This AND decline in memory is necessary for a diagnosis of dementia

Question 15

Ability to execute motor skills, assuming intact motor abilities, sensory function and comprehension of the required task

Answer 15

This AND decline in memory is necessary for a diagnosis of dementia

Question 16

Ability to think abstractly, make reasonable judgements and plan and perform complex tasks

Answer 16

This AND decline in memory is necessary for a diagnosis of dementia

Question 17

In July 2006, the Alzheimer’s Association issued a report with recommendations in WHAT THREE CARE AREAS in which can make a difference in an individual’s quality of life?

Answer 17

1. Fluid and food consumption
2. Pain management
3. Social engagement

Question 18

The quality of life of the demented person residing in the nursing home depends on the quality of relations he has with __________ ________ ________

Answer 18

Direct care staff

Question 19

Many of the demented residents become ____________ problems

Answer 19

Behavior