Dementia, Delirium, or Mild Cognitive Impairment
Dementia is defined as memory loss plus deficits in
What is abstract thinking, judgment, and execution of complex tasks?
True or False? All language abilities tend to remain almost wholly intact during normal aging, except for word finding
What is True?
The small and often illegible handwriting of individuals with Parkinson's disease is called
What is Micrographia?
Recognize, appropriately diagnose, and provide therapy
What is the role of the SLP?
Assessment begins with this
What is a thorough case history?
True or False? Dementia is a progressive disease, but is not a syndrome.
What is False?
These attention abilities remain mostly intact in normal aging
What is sustained attention abilities?
What is Vascular Dementia?
True or False? Interventions by the SLP usually focus more on compensatory strategies rather than restorative strategies when treating those with dementia.
What is True?
Therapy that is a semi-cued conversation regarding past events
What is reminiscence therapy?
Individuals who experience slight amounts of decreased concentration, word finding, and short-term memory with age most likely have
What is mild cognitive impairment?
Slowed in older adults
What is reaction time?
Huntington's disease is divided into ______stages
What is five (5)?
Bypasses the swallow mechanism and minimizes the risk of aspiration pneumonia
What is a feeding tube?
Has been shown to improve cognition in the early and moderate stages of Alzheimer's disease
What is Donepezil?
Sudden disturbance in consciousness that fluctuates through the course of a day due to a general medical condition
What is delirium?
This is documented in normal aging
What are mild changes in memory?
An etiology of dementia caused by an overabundance of prescription medications is called
What is polypharmacy?
Requires that residents of nursing homes are evaluated regularly and that plans are developed to keep them functioning at the highest possible level
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987?
Takes approximately 45 minutes to administer and is designed to evaluate the cognitive and noncognitive manifestations of Alzheimer's disease
What is Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale?
Acquired global loss of brain function with a slow, insidious onset caused by a variety of diseases
What is dementia?
This is reduced in older adults resulting in greater difficulty remembering specific details, such as when and where certain events were experienced
What is/are episodic and short-term memory?
Pick's disease is an example
What is frontotemporal dementia?
Created by speech-language pathologist that outlines the arrangements necessary to keep patient functioning at a certain level
What is a functional maintenance plan?
Term applied when an individual with memory deficits carries and actively uses a memory aid
What is memory prosthesis?