Types of Dementia
The most common form of dementia, characterized by memory loss.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This type of cue helps patients initiate gait.
What is a visual or verbal cue?
Speak in ______ and use simple instructions.
What is short sentences?
Wondering, pacing, and agitation may indicate unmet _______.
What are needs (e.g. hunger, pain, etc...)?
Regular physical activity, social engagement, and a Mediterranean diet are all associated with reducing this risk.
What is the risk of dementia?
Dementia associated with motor symptoms and visual hallucinations
What is Lewy Body Dementia?
An evidence based intervention for fall prevention in dementia
What is balance training?
This is one technique used to redirect a patient experiencing confusion or agitation.
What is validation or redirection?
Memory loss, difficulty with problem solving and planning, language impairment and disorientation may be ___________ symptoms associated with dementia. (behavioral, physical, or cognitive).
What is cognitive?
People with dementia may lose short-term memory but retain this type of memory used in learned routines like brushing teeth.
What is procedural memory?
This type of dementia often begins with personality and language changes.
What is frontotemporal dementia?
These are the "4 Pillars" of exercise that should be taken into consideration while creating a HEP for someone with dementia.
What are aerobic exercise, strength training, balance/gait, and flexibility?
This is the term for emotional, physical and mental exhaustion care givers often experience.
What is burnout?
Name one home modification to reduce fall risk.
What is adding grab bars, raising toilet seat, removing rugs, etc...?
Japan has one of the highest rates of dementia in the world, what is a reason for this?
What is long life expectancy, increased detection and awarness (ironically)?
This type of dementia is caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, often following a stroke.
What is vascular dementia?
This help reinforce motor learning despite memory deficits.
What is repetition?
Structured _______ may be one way to help manage behavioral symptoms of dementia.
What is routines?
Symptoms of dementia often progress and eventually interfere with this.
What is daily life, ADLs, quality of life, etc...?
This is the biggest, non-modifiable risk factor associated with dementia.
What is age?
Mixed dementia is the result of brain changes caused by more than one type of _________.
What is dementia?
This type of training requires the patient to perform both a physical and a mental task at the same time.
What is dual task training?
Physical therapists should encourage this to caregivers.
What is respite care, breaks, support?
This symptom of dementia presents as increased confusion, agitation, anxiety, or restlessness that often occurs in people with dementia, especially in the late afternoon, evening, or at night.
What is sundowners?
In the United States, per person risk of dementia has _________ (increased or decreased).
What is decreased? (Per-person risk at a given age has decreased significantly, but the total number of people with dementia has increased, driven by an aging population).