Signs and sx
This early warning sign involves confusion regarding time or this specific concept.
What is Place?
This broad term describes a decline in mental or cognitive ability caused by damaged brain cells.
What is dementia?
This is caused by the simultaneous occurence of two or more dementias at the same time
What is mixed dementia?
Commonly used nursing action to help orient clients and reduce confusion throughout the day.
What is maintaining a consistent daily routine?
This month is recognized globally as World Alzheimer's Month.
What is September?
This earliest and most common sign disrupts daily life by making it hard to retain newly learned information.
Short-term memory loss
According to global facts, someone is diagnosed with dementia at this exact time interval.
what is every 3 seconds?
This common type of dementia is caused specifically by deposits of amyloid plaques.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Name one of the four common medications approved for dementia stages mentioned in the slides.
What are Donepezil, Rivastigmine, Galantamine, or Memantine?
This official color ribbon is worn globally to symbolize Alzheimer's disease awareness.
What is purple?
This common symptom leads individuals to get lost in familiar neighborhoods or fail to recognize known rooms.
What is wandering?
How many people worldwide are living with dementia?
Vascular dementia results directly from these acute cerebrovascular events or blood clots.
What is strokes?
Unmet medical triggers like pain, constipation, or this common infection often cause challenging behavioral problems.
what is UTI?
This prominent actor featured in the presentation's case examples was diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia.
Who is Bruce Willis?
A potential client problem where agitation or behavioral challenges peak in the late afternoon or evening.
What is sundowning?
What is the world wide cost for dementia?
What is $1.3 Trillion?
This type of dementia affects movement, alertness, and can cause visual hallucinations due to alpha-synuclein proteins.
What is Lewy Body Dementia?
This local Bloomington organization and adult day program provides direct community care support.
What is Area 10 Agency on Aging or Better Day Club?
Name one testing tool used to diagnosed dementia?
what is MoCA, MMSE, Mini-cog?