Types of Dementia
PT Interventions
Communication and Cueing, caregiver suppoty
Symptoms of dementia
Wild Card (Anything Goes)
100

The most common form of dementia, characterized by memory loss.

What is Alzheimer's Disease?

100

This type of cue helps patients initiate gait.

What is a visual or verbal cue?

100

Speak in ______ and use simple instructions.

What is short sentences?

100

Wondering, pacing, and agitation may indicate unmet _______.

What are needs (e.g. hunger, pain, etc...)?

100

Regular physical activity, social engagement, and a Mediterranean diet are all associated with reducing this risk.

What is the risk of dementia?

200

Dementia associated with motor symptoms and visual hallucinations

What is Lewy Body Dementia?

200

An evidence based intervention for fall prevention in dementia

What is balance training?

200

This is one technique used to redirect a patient experiencing confusion or agitation.

What is validation or redirection?

200

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?

200

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?

300

This type of dementia often begins with personality and language changes.

What is frontotemporal dementia?

300

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?

300

This is the term for emotional, physical and mental exhaustion care givers often experience.

What is burnout?

300

Name one home modification to reduce fall risk.

What is adding grab bars, raising toilet seat, removing rugs, etc...?

300

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)?

400

This type of dementia is caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, often following a stroke.

What is vascular dementia?

400

This help reinforce motor learning despite memory deficits.

What is repetition?

400

Structured _______ may be one way to help manage behavioral symptoms of dementia.

What is routines?

400

Symptoms of dementia often progress and eventually interfere with this.

What is daily life, ADLs, quality of life, etc...?

400

This is the biggest, non-modifiable risk factor associated with dementia.

What is age?

500

Mixed dementia is the result of brain changes caused by more than one type of _________.

What is dementia?

500

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? 

500

Physical therapists should encourage this to caregivers.

What is respite care, breaks, support?

500

 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?

500

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).

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