Dementia Course Flashcards
1
Q
What is “normal” dementia?
A
- Wandering
- Agitation
- Inability to process information
- Poor memory
2
Q
Name the VDT brain areas.
A
- Frontal lobe
- Limbic system (synthesizes emotion)
- Cerebral cortex
- Occipital (impaired vision)
- Parietal lobe (tactile information)
- Temporal lobe (audio/confusion)
3
Q
What did the researchers observe when we tried the tasks?
A
Mumbling Requests for help Wandering Shadowing Agitation Giving up Rummaging Strange & repetitive behaviour
4
Q
How can we work better with dementia patients?
A
- Give control back to them
- Guarantee success
- Make things familiar
- Concrete choices avaliable
- Create a calm & safe environment
- Use their feedback for the future
- Adjust time expectation and be encourgaging!!
5
Q
What is dementia?
A
A set of symptoms that leads to the decline/loss of memory, language, judgment, and understanding
6
Q
Name the 4 IRREVERSIBLE dementia(s)
A
- Alzheimer
- Lewy Body
- Mixed dementia or frontal temporal dementia
- Vascular dementia
