Cognitive Domains
This cognitive skill allows a patient to stay focused while completing an ADL routine.
Attention.
This condition is acute with sudden onset.
Delirium.
What assessment is used to detect delirium?
4AT.
What intervention strategy aims to improve and strengthen cognitive skills?
Remediative.
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206.
Remembering instructions given by the OT relies on this cognitive skill.
Memory.
This condition is chronic with a gradual onset.
Cognitive impairment.
This assessment is best used when a patient is disoriented to track orientation over time.
True or False: A compensory intervention technique involves using strategies, environmental modifications, or external supports to compensate for cognitive deficits.
True.
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin.
Recognizing a hazard and choosing a safe solution uses this cognitive skill.
Problem-solving.
True or false: A key distinction of delirium is symptom fluctuation.
True.
You would use this assessment if you wanted to assess a patient's ability to manage medications.
Medi-Cog.
True or false: You should heavily rely on a remediative technique when cognitive deficits are interfering with safety and have limited potential to improve.
False.
This is commonly referred to as the "funny bone", despite it not actually being a bone.
Ulnar nerve.
Planning, organizing, sequencing, and self-monitoring all fall under this broad cognitive domain.
Executive functioning.
True or false: Cognitive impairment is reversible.
False.
This assessment has limited evidence for its validity in predicting driving safety, but is highly validated for measuring visual perception, processing speed, and executive functioning.
Trails AB.
True or False: The reason you would grade down an activity is to challenge cognitive skills.
False.
What is the medical term for goosebumps?
Piloerection.
A patient struggles to identify their limitations and is adamant that they are safe to return home despite functional impairments. What two cognitive skills are impaired?
Insight and Judgement.
Name two approaches that can help to prevent delirium.
Possible answers: Reorientation, early mobility, cognitive engagement, sleep hygiene, establishing routine, multimodal sensory stimulation.
What is the raw score cutoff for cognitive impairment on the AM-PAC ACISF?
Less than or equal to 21.
Name one way an OT could grade up and one way an OT could grade down tooth brushing.
Grade Up: Incorporate dual tasking, provide multi-step directions, fade cues.
Grade Down: Provide one-step directions, increase cues, reduce distractions.
How many times does an average adult blink per minute?
15-20.