Confusion and Delirium
What is the difference between confusion and delirium?
What is confusion is an inability to think logically and clearly, while delirium is a state of severe confusion that occurs suddenly and is usually temporary?
The severe loss of mental abilities, such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating?
What is dementia?
What is the repetition of words, phrases, questions, or actions?
What is perseveration?
When is the best time to bathe a resident with Alzheimer’s disease?
What is when the resident is least agitated, which may not be early evening?
What is becoming restless and agitated in the late afternoon, evening, or night?
What is sundowning?
What is validation therapy?
What is giving value to or approving a resident’s feelings and experiences, even if they are not based in reality?
Name two common causes of confusion in older adults.
What are urinary tract infection (UTI) and low blood sugar?
A progressive, incurable disease that causes tangled nerve fibers and protein deposits to form in the brain, eventually causing dementia?
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
What is one way to improve communication with a resident who has Alzheimer’s disease?
What is the approach from the front? Smile and use the resident’s name.
Why is it important for residents with AD to be dressed and groomed each day?
What is because it helps maintain a sense of dignity and self-esteem?
What is reacting to something in an unreasonable, exaggerated way?
What is a catastrophic reaction?
How can reminiscence therapy help residents with AD?
What is encouraging residents to remember and talk about the past, which can provide comfort and stimulation?
What are three symptoms of delirium?
What are agitation, disorientation, and trouble focusing?
Dementia is a normal part of aging? True or False.
What is False?
How should you respond if a resident with Alzheimer’s repeats the same question multiple times?
What is answer the question each time using the same words and do not tell them they have asked before?
This can help a resident with AD who has trouble finding the bathroom.
What is mark the bathroom with a sign or picture and ensure good lighting?
What are two interventions for pacing and wandering?
What are maintain an elimination schedule and let the resident pace in a safe place?
What is one way to use activity therapy with a resident who enjoyed quilting?
What is engage the resident in sorting fabric, looking at quilts, or talking about their quilting experiences?
True or False: A NA should not leave a confused resident alone and should speak in a calm, clear, and slow manner
What is TRUE!
Name two common causes of dementia besides Alzheimer’s disease.
What are
Alzheimer’s disease
Multi-infarct or vascular dementia (a series of strokes causing damage to the brain)
Lewy Body disease
Parkinson’s disease
Huntington’s disease
What should you do if a resident has trouble finding words or names?
What is suggest a word that sounds correct and try not to correct them if they use an incorrect word?
These are two guidelines for supporting nutrition in residents with Alzheimer’s disease.
What are serve meals at consistent times and offer familiar foods in a distraction-free environment?
How should you respond to hoarding or rummaging behaviors?
What is label belongings, provide a rummage drawer, and do not accuse the resident of stealing?
How can music therapy benefit residents with Alzheimer’s disease?
What is music can manage stress, improve mood, and enhance cognition, especially when familiar songs are played?
Why is it important to keep cleaning agents out of reach of confused residents?
What is because they may accidentally ingest or misuse them due to their confusion?
True or False:
Only about 1 million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s disease.
False: More than 6 million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s disease.
What is a good way to communicate with a resident who does not remember how to perform basic tasks?
What is break each activity into simple steps and use short instructions?
This is one way to support the mental and emotional health of residents with AD?
What is encourage independence and share in enjoyable activities?
What is one intervention for inappropriate sexual behavior in a resident with AD?
What is stay calm, redirect to a private area, and check if the behavior is due to discomfort or clothing issues?
Why is it important to tailor creative activities to the resident’s interests and history?
What is because it helps maintain their sense of identity and provides meaningful engagement?
The ability to think logically and clearly?
What is cognition
The loss of the ability to think clearly and logically
What is cognitive impairment
True or False: AD caregivers should have a good attitude and be patient when dealing with residents
What is true
For a resident experiencing problems with incontinence, fluids should be administered only during the 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. shift.
What is False?
Residents who have trouble sleeping at night should be allowed to nap during daytime hours. Ture or False
What is False
In medicine, when a person with Alzheimer’s disease wanders away from a protected area and does not return.
What is elope?
The most common cause of Alzheimer's disease is dementia. True or False?
False: Alzheimer's causes dementia
True or False: Men are more likely to develop AD than woman.
What is False?
You should always encourage independence with residents except with AD residents. They need more help with things.
What is False
The resident should be checked on frequently when they have issues with incontinence. They should be checked every _____.
What is every 30 minutes?
Helping a resident with dressing should include______
Laying out the residents clothing in order
break tasks down
provide privacy
avoid delays or interruptions
This therapy is good for all stages of AD
What is activity therapy?