Tx For Dementia

Question 1

What is Malorientation

Answer 1

Expressing past conflicts in disguised forms

Question 2

Time confusion

Answer 2

No longer holding onto reality retreating inward

Question 3

What is repetitive motion

Answer 3

Movements replace words and are used to work through unresolved conflicts

Question 4

what is the key component of the validation method

Answer 4

The elderly person is expressing an unresolved issue of the past conflict in a disguised form

Question 5

What is reality orientation

Answer 5

Orienting information is pointed out and woven into daily conversations

Question 6

Affects of reality orientation

Answer 6

Can improve cognitive functioning but does not affect mood or behavior

Question 7

Strategies in reality orientation

Answer 7

Talk about the time of day date season 
use the persons name frequently 
discuss current events 
referred to clocks and calendars 
placement of signs and labels 
ask questions about photos and decorations

Question 8

What is reminiscence or life story

Answer 8

Can be a scrapbook or photo album use to record details of the persons life experiences values and believes

Question 9

What is reminiscence work usually involve

Answer 9

Talking about things in the past using prompts such as photos familiar objects or music

Question 10

Effects of reminiscence therapy

Answer 10

Improve mood well-being and mental abilities such as memory helps him focus on them and not dementia

Question 11

What is a tailored activity program

Answer 11

Focuses on individual’s capabilities and demands of the external environment
interventions to manage behaviors

Question 12

Affects of tailored activity program

Answer 12

Enhance engagement and pleasure with individuals with dementia
helped family caregivers be less upset about behavioral symptoms and provided more personal control

Question 13

Description of Taylor activity program

Answer 13

Eight sessions six home visits with two brief phone calls over a period of four months

Question 14

Three phases of tailored activity program

Answer 14

Phase 1 assessment
phase 2 intro of activity
Phase 3 generalization strategies

Question 15

Benefits and limitations of a Taylor activity program

Answer 15

Meaningful to enhance families understanding of abilities and deficits
Nonpharmacological
does not emphasize new learning

requires delivery by Ot
reimbursement
time constraints

Question 16

The four main categories of environment based approaches

Answer 16

Auditory olfactory visual multi sensory

Question 17

What is Montessori

Answer 17

Teaching involves cognitive social and functional skills
breaking down tasks into step use
for clients in later stages of the disease
Has activity kits

Question 18

What is post polio syndrome

Answer 18

Return of symptoms 30 to 40 years later

not contagious

Question 19

Symptoms of post polio

Answer 19

Weakness
paralytic components return
progressive muscle weakness
pain

Question 20

Diagnosis of concussion

Answer 20

Loss of consciousness for up to 30 minutes 
Loss of memory immediately before or after the incident alteration in mental state 
vomiting
double vision seeing stars light 
drowsiness 
fatigue 
irritability 
anxiety 
sleeping more than usual 
feeling in a fog or daze 
difficulty concentrating
 difficulty remembering

Question 21

Recovery of a concussion

Answer 21

Typically spontaneous within 7 to 10 days

symptoms can last up to one year

Question 22

Common people with concussions

Answer 22

Athletes veterans falls

Question 23

What are the two biggest problems for those with concussions

Answer 23

IADLS like driving

sleep

Question 24

What is the most common chronic disease involving the neuromuscular junction

Answer 24

Myasthenia gravis

Question 25

Symptoms of myasthenia gravis

Answer 25

Ptosis and diplopia

weakness in oropharyngeal muscles

Question 26

Effects of Mycena gravis

Answer 26

Decreased strength and endurance
muscle fatigue as the day progresses
concerns of swallowing dysphasia an aspiration

Question 27

When do Those with myasthenia gravis usually experience max weakness

Answer 27

Within the first year then weakness fluctuates

Question 28

What will increased exercise and physical activity do to those with myasthenia gravis

Answer 28

Exacerbate weakness

avoid heat muscles respond better to cold

Question 29

What will OT work on with those with myasthenia gravis

Answer 29

Motor
visual
psychosocial

Question 30

What Are the four progressive stages of the validation method

Answer 30

Malorientation
time confusion
repetitive motion
vegetation