Lecture 7 - Dementia Flashcards
What is dementia
What are the most common types of dementia
Describe dementias impact on cognitive function
Name 10 warning signs/symptoms for cognitive decline from dementia
Describe cognitive testing and its purpose
What are common cognitive tests used
Describe parts of the brains roles in cognition
Describe the canadian indigenous cognitive assessment (CICA)
Describe the diagnostic criteria for all-cause dementia
Describe the progression of dementia
What are some differential diagnoses to dementia
Describe delirium and why it is important
What are the 2 types of delirium
What are predisposing and precipitating factors of delirium
Compare delirium vs dementia
Describe mild cognitive impairment dementia, its prevalence, and its 2 types
What is the epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease
Compare late vs early onset Alzheimer’s disease
What is the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease
What is the timeline for Alzheimer’s disease
Describe the neuropathology of Alzheimer’s disease
What are the pathological features of Alzheimer’s disease
What are the stages of Alzheimer’s disease
Describe Vascular Cognitive Impairment
What is dementia with Lewy bodies
What is the diagnostic criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies
Describe frontotemporal dementia and name its 2 subtypes
Describe what the behavioral variant (frontotemporal dementia) is
Comparison summary table of all the dementia types
What are risk factors for dementia
What are strategies to reduce the risk of dementia and manage cognitive impairment
How does exercise/physical activity modify dementia
How do you maintain quality of life for someone with dementia
What are the benefits of physical activity for people with dementia
Describe caregivers for person’s loving with dementia
What are 10 signs of caregiver stress
What is the stigma of dementia
What changes can happen in dementia
What gait changes occur in Alzheimers disease
What balance changes occur in Alzheimer’s disease
As we take info away, peoples posture during balance activities decreases greater with individuals with dementia
What are behavioral and cognitive symptoms of dementia
Describe responsive behaviours
What are specific strategies for BPSD
Describe the pain assessment for dementia
What are speech, language, and community changes with dementia and some communication strategies to overcome this
What are 3 pharmacological treatments for dementia
What are physio’s attitudes toward working with people with dementia
Describe the disability model
Describe the learned experience of physio’s working with people with dementia
Describe falls in people with dementia and some risk factors of falls in the community or institution
What are reliable measurements tools for balance in people with dementia
What are reliable measurements tools for gait in people with dementia
Describe the rehab potential for people with dementia
Describe implicit learning strategies for people with dementia
How do we modify treatment based on cognition