Geriatric syndromes
This common condition involves a sudden change in attention and cognition.
What is delirium
This type of exercise is especially helpful for preventing falls.
What is balance training?
The name of the criteria that lists potentially inappropriate medications for elders.
What is the Beers Criteria?
This test times how long it takes a person to stand, walk a few meters, and sit again.
What is Timed Up and Go (TUG) test?
Common mental health disorder in elderly characterized by sadness and loss of interest.
What is depression?
This syndrome includes weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, and slow walking speed
What is frailty
The "Timed Up and Go" test is used to assess this.
What is mobility or fall risk?
The term for using five or more medications concurrently.
What is polypharmacy?
Scale used to assess pressure sore risk.
What is the Braden Scale?
This test is commonly used to screen for cognitive impairment
What is Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE)?
This is the most common type of dementia in older adults
What is Alzheimer's disease
This assistive device helps with balance and reduces fall risk.
What is a walker?
Benzodiazepines increase the risk of this serious event in elderly patients.
serious event in elderly patients.What are falls or fractures?
Healthcare planning document that states patients’ wishes.
What is advance directive?
Brain imaging often used to rule out structural causes of cognitive decline.
What is CT or MRI scan?
This condition increases the risk of falls and includes lightheadedness upon standing.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
A sudden drop in this can cause older adults to fall.
What is blood pressure?
The medication dosing rule in the elderly: “Start ____ and go ____.”
What is low; slow?
This type of team approach is best for comprehensive care of elderly.
What is a multidisciplinary team?
Dementia caused by multiple small strokes is called?
called?What is vascular dementia?
This involuntary leakage of urine affects many older adults.
What is urinary incontinence?
hat is blood pressure?
This vitamin is essential for bone health and fall prevention.
What is vitamin D?
This blood thinner requires frequent INR checks due to its narrow therapeutic window.
What is warfarin?
Gait and balance are assessed to evaluate risk of this common event.
What is falling?
Dementia with visual hallucinations and parkinsonism is called?
What is Lewy body dementia?