Question | Answer |
This occurs when a person leaves the agency without staff knowledge. | Elopement |
A false belief is? | Delusion |
Seeing, hearing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real. | Hallucination |
Increased signs, symptoms, and behavior of AD during hours of darkness. | Sundowning |
A state of temporary but acute mental confusion that comes on suddenly. | Delirium |
The loss of cognitive function and social function that interferes with routine personal, social, and occupational activities. | Dementia |
A false dementia. | Pseudodementia |
This involves memory, thinking, reasoning, ability to understand, judgement, and behavior. | Cognitive function |
A disorder of the mind; the person has false beliefs and suspicion about a person or situation. | Paranoia |
The classic sign of Alzheimer's Disease ( AD). | Gradual loss of short term memory. |
In mild AD, the person may have this. | Problems making new memories |
As AD progresses to moderate AD the person may need this. | Assistance with activities of daily living. |
In severe AD the person the person may do this. | Cry out when touched or transferred. |
When a person wanders with AD wanders, the major risk is? | Life threatening accidents can occur. |
When a person with AD has symptoms of sundowning, it may be due to? | Being tired or hungry. |
Too much stimuli from being asked too many questions all at once can overwhelm a person and cause this? | Catastrophic reactions |