Dementia General Knowledge
This term is an umbrella term which describes a number of brain diseases and symptoms which may include memory loss, impaired judgement, and an inability to perform daily tasks.
What is Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease is characterized by these in the brain.
What are amyloid tangles and beta plaques.
Vascular dementia is characterized by a disease or injury to the blood vessels leading to this vital organ.
What is the Brain
This is the most common form of dementia, with percentage rates ranging from 60-70% of prevalent cases.
What is Alzheimer's Disease
These are the three stages of Alzheimer's Disease.
What is Early Stage, Middle Stage, and Late Stage.
This drug, also called Rivastigmine is prescribed to treat the underlying cause of Vascular dementia.
What is Exelon.
True or False?
Dementia is a normal part of aging.
What is False.
While not a cause for Alzheimer's Disease, this is the single greatest factor for it.
What is age. The majority of people who have Alzheimer's Disease are age 65 and up.
Symptoms of Vascular Dementia can include impaired ____________ and poor judgement.
True or False?
Residents can be in one or more stages of dementia at the same time.
What is True.
True or False?
People with Alzheimer's Disease often have limited visual-spacial skills or peripheral vision.
What is true.
This percentage of cases in dementia can be attributed to Vascular Dementia.
What is 10-20%
Besides Alzheimer's Disease, these are the other 3 common types of dementia.
What are Vascular, Lewy Body, and Frontotemporal.
True or False?
There is a cure for Alzheimer's Disease.
What is False.
Medication such as Aripect can be used to slow the progression, but there is no cure at this time.