Final/new Dementia

Question 1

Briefly describe dementia

Answer 1

Irreversible, progressive decline of memory, thinking, orientation

Question 2

Identify the types of dementia

Answer 2

Lewy body
Vascular
Alzheimers
Parkinsons
Huntingtons
Picks (frontotemporal)
Creutzfeld-Jakob (mad cow)

Question 3

Identify memories lost with dementia

Answer 3

Events, people, short term learning

Question 4

Describe agnosia

Answer 4

Inability to interpret sensory info

Question 5

Describe aphasia

Answer 5

Inability to understand/express speech

Question 6

Describe alexia

Answer 6

Inability to see words (read)

Question 7

Describe change in personality with dementia

Answer 7

Apathy, loss of interests

Question 8

Identify behaviors of patients with dementia

Answer 8

Wandering, purposeless
Socially inappropriate behaviors,
Combative,
Resists care,

Question 9

Identify communication problems with dementia

Answer 9

Agnosia, aphasia, alexia
Socially inappropriate behaviors
Loss of orientation
Hallucinations

Question 10

Changes in motor function for dementia

Answer 10

Gait changes
Unilateral weakness
Uncoordinated/jerky
Tremors

Question 11

Appearance associated with dementia

Answer 11

Disheveled appearance