Unit 10

Question 0

Anxiety

Answer 0

Feeling uneasy, apprehensive, worried

Question 1

Agitation

Answer 1

Change in physical activity, usually increased activity such as wondering or pacing

Question 2

Autism

Answer 2

Disorder of unknown cause which results in difficulty communicating and relating to people and surroundings

Question 3

Cerebral palsy

Answer 3

Brain abnormally which may be congenital or due to lack of oxygen before, during or after birth

Question 4

Cognition

Answer 4

The ability to think, reason, make decisions and remember

Question 5

Cognitive impairment

Answer 5

Changes in an individuals ability to function intellectually

Question 6

Confusion

Answer 6

Inability to distinguish or separate difference between things

Question 7

Delusion

Answer 7

False belief

Question 8

Dementia

Answer 8

Progressive deterioration of mental function

Question 9

Developmentally disabled

Answer 9

Person who has mental and/or physical impairment

Question 10

Depression

Answer 10

Altered mood, loss of interest, feeling of hopelessness, sad

Question 11

Disorientation

Answer 11

Decreased awareness to time, place and people

Question 12

Fear

Answer 12

Sense of dread from feelings of danger

Question 13

Hospice

Answer 13

Special facility or services to provide care to a terminally ill individual

Question 14

Hallucination

Answer 14

Seeing or hearing something that is not really there

Question 15

Mental illness

Answer 15

Chemical imbalance in the brain that significantly interferes with ones ability to live and work

Question 16

Mental retardation

Answer 16

Lower then average intellectual development

Question 17

Reality orientation

Answer 17

Assisting residents to be aware of time, place and person

Question 18

Stress or stressor

Answer 18

An event or situation that causes the body to feel nervous, anxious, fearful or confused

Question 19

Shroud

Answer 19

A paper or cloth covering to place on the body after death

Question 20

Validation therapy

Answer 20

Caregiver accepts values and beliefs of the resident with dementia, even though they may differ from reality