Rheumatoid Arthritis
The medical term for joint inflammation causing pain and stiffness.
What is arthritis?
The vital supply to the brain that's interrupted during a stroke.
What is blood/oxygen flow?
Two signs a PCA might notice after a client with heart trouble is active.
What are fatigue and difficulty climbing stairs?
Two behavior changes a PCA might notice in a client with Alzheimer's.
What are forgetting familiar faces and confusion about time/place?
What a PCA should always ask before touching or moving a client's wheelchair or walker.
What is permission?
Two everyday hand tasks that are hard with this condition.
What are holding utensils and opening jars?
Two common effects of a stroke on the body.
What are one-sided paralysis/weakness and slurred speech?
The heart condition where the heart doesn't pump blood well.
What is heart failure?
The three things Alzheimer's disease affects.
What are memory, thinking, and behavior?
What a PCA should give a client more of, instead of taking over a task.
What is time/patience?
The type of tools that make daily tasks easier for a client with joint pain.
What are joint-friendly tools?
The medical term for a stroke.
What is a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
The recommended activity level for a client with heart trouble.
What is light activity?
What helps reduce confusion and anxiety for a client with Alzheimer's.
What is a consistent routine?
What a PCA should always do after noticing a change in a client's condition.
What is document and report it?
This type of arthritis can affect people of any age and often limits mobility a lot.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
The type of program PCAs should encourage stroke survivors to keep up with.
What is physical therapy?
The breathing change to watch for and report during activity.
What is shortness of breath?
The best way to respond when a client with Alzheimer's is confused about reality.
What is gently redirecting them?
The kind of language PCAs should use when referring to a client's condition.
What is respectful/person-first language?
A stiff, painful joint should never be pushed past this.
What is the client's comfort level?
What many stroke survivors can regain with rehab.
What are function, mobility, or speech?
What a PCA should encourage instead of pushing through fatigue.
What is rest/light activity?
The first thing a PCA should do if a client with Alzheimer's becomes combative.
What is stay calm and give them space?
Three things a PCA should never do for a client with these conditions.
What is diagnose, medicate, or restrain them?