Saxion Y3Q2 - Geriatric and Chronicity (Dementia)

Question 1

What is true about the behavior in the threatened ego stage?

Accepted Answer

Awareness decline, takes initiative in contact, can be sad & is in present., Anxiety, insecure, denying, mistrust, suspicious & memory problems start.

Question 2

Why is physical therapy important for dementia?

Accepted Answer

Entertainment., Family participation., To have meaningful days., Movement.

Question 3

Dementia is a result of brain damage

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

What is true about facial expressions in PACSLAC?

Accepted Answer

Sad look, change in eyes, frowning, and open mouth.

Question 5

What is true about the approach to the hidden ego stage?

Accepted Answer

Emphasis on gestures, mimic art, body language, and intonation., Physical contact, adapt tempo, contact with children & sensory activation.

Question 6

What is the first level of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Singular stimuli.

Question 7

What are approaches for dementia?

Accepted Answer

Experience aimed care., Reality and orientation training., Sensoric activation., Validation.

Question 8

What diseases occur on the third level of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Impulsive, thoughtless, intuitive and instnctive behavior.

Question 9

What is the second level of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Sensoric integration and filtering.

Question 10

What is true about dementia and brain diseases?

Accepted Answer

1% of people between the age of 65 to 85 suffer from dementia., Most common: migraine, anxiety, depression, addiction, dementia & epilepsy., 20-40% of people over the age of 85 suffer from dementia.

Question 11

What is true about the behavior in the hidden ego stage?

Accepted Answer

Repetitive movement, inadequate purposeless behavior & oneway conversation., Lives in inner world, seems inaccessible, reacts to contact & can be clear.

Question 12

What is true about the experience stages in dementia?

Accepted Answer

Stage of the threatened ego., Stage of the sunken ego., Stage of the hidden ego., Stage of the lost ego.

Question 13

What is true about activity/body/movement in PACSLAC?

Accepted Answer

Pulling, restless, wandering, moving slowly, limping, rigid and impulsive.

Question 14

What is true about the Reisberg test?

Accepted Answer

Stage 1 is normal elderly., Stages 4-7 are different levels of Alzheimer's.

Question 15

What is true about moderate dementia?

Accepted Answer

Need for care.

Question 16

What diseases occur on the second level of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Apraxia of chaos/unrest.

Question 17

What is true about the approach to the lost ego stage?

Accepted Answer

Use communication with gesture, adapt tempo & not too much stimuli at once., Avoid unexpected incidents, structure a day rhythm and reminiscence.

Question 18

What is true about mild dementia?

Accepted Answer

Need for accompaniment.

Question 19

What is true about reasons for dementia?

Accepted Answer

16% is vascular dementia., 8% is a combination of Parkinson's and Alzheimer., 70% is Alzheimer dementia.

Question 20

What diseases occur on the fourth level of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Psychiatric disorders, personality disorders, and character changes.

Question 21

What is the third level of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Emotion and behavioral choices.

Question 22

What is true about severe dementia?

Accepted Answer

Need for nursing.

Question 23

What is true about the approach to the sunken ego stage?

Accepted Answer

Sensory activation, contact children, physical and manual contact., Sphere, rest, offer comfort and nice stimuli with loving tender care.

Question 24

What is the fourth level of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Integration of all brain functions.

Question 25

What is true about the approach to the threatened ego stage?

Accepted Answer

Reality+orientation approach, talk of proud memories & avoid confrontation., Stimulate meaningful activities, give compliments & structure environment.

Question 26

It is important to create a nice environment with decor, safety and the right materials for dementia patients

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

What is true about experience aimed care?

Accepted Answer

The caregiver tries to adapt to the demented patient's reality., Care who takes into account the experience world from the patient.

Question 28

What is true about the behavior in the lost ego stage?

Accepted Answer

Lives in past, loss of grip on world & experiences environment as strange., Unrest, searching, passivity, panic, grief, collecting and losing manners.

Question 29

What is true about social/personality/mood in PACSLAC?

Accepted Answer

Aggressive, throwing things, confused, upset, and frustrated.

Question 30

Dementia is a collector name for a group of syndrome with cognitive decline with change in emotions and behaviour

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

What is important when communicating with a dementia patient?

Accepted Answer

Make gestures., Try to make non-verbal and manual contact., Smile, make eye contact, and adjust tune.

Question 32

What is true about pain in dementia?

Accepted Answer

It is often underestimated and undertreated., Alzheimer causes loss of nerve cells which give decline in pain experience., Use non-verbal scales (PAINED and PACSLAC).

Question 33

What is true about other in PACSLAC?

Accepted Answer

Pale face, teary, shaking, cold, clammy, screaming, and mumbling.

Question 34

What is true about paratonia?

Accepted Answer

Paratonia has a negative effect on quality of life., Paratonia is the inability to relax muscles.

Question 35

What is true about the behavior in the sunken ego stage?

Accepted Answer

Cannot walk or sit, babbles words+sounds & closed defensive body posture., Totally in inner world, contact is almost impossible & total independence.

Question 36

What is true about person aimed care?

Accepted Answer

Adjusting care to the possibilities and the wishes of the dementia patient., Adjusting care to the needs and the habits of the dementia patient.

Question 37

What diseases occur on the first level of the brain?

Accepted Answer

Paresis, spasticity, and sensory disorders.

Question 38

Group therapy has a negative effect on resocialising, reactivating, promoting selfconfidence and affective contact

Accepted Answer

False

Saxion Y3Q2 - Geriatric and Chronicity (Dementia)

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Saxion Y3Q2 - Geriatric and Chronicity (Dementia)

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