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when the upper eyelid of one or both eyes droops over your eye - may result from damage to the nerve that controls the muscles of the eyelid, problems with the muscle strength (as in myasthenia gravis), or from swelling of the lid.
what is ptosis?
fancy name for earwax
What is cerumen?
In this cognitive test, the clinician may repeat the question three times.
What is the Standardized Mini Mental State Exam (SMMSE).
Which form of the GDS is used by GPAT clinicians?
What is the GDS Short Form?
The main nerve of your parasympathetic nervous system
What is the vagus nerve? (CNX)
a condition where your eyes make rapid, repetitive,? uncontrolled movements - The most common cause of acquired nystagmus is certain drugs or medicines. Also ear disorders, head injuries, or neurological diseases.
what is nystagmus?
a progressive loss of the ability to hear, particularly high-pitched sounds - associated with aging
What is presbycusis?
In Attention and Calculation using the SMMSE, how many points are allocated for this sequence?
D L R O W
D R R O W
What is 3 points?
The target population for the GDS to be used is one of theses.
What is: healthy, medically ill, mild or moderate cognitive impaired older adult?
two nerves being tested with field of vision
oculomotor nerve (3)
trochlear nerve (4)
Abducens nerve (6)
the distance that you hold your visual stimulus between you and the patient when testing visual fields
what is half way?
How you move the pinna for otoscopic assessment of an older adult.
What is up, out and back?
How many points are allocated for the following Serial 7s?
93, 87, 80, 73, 64
What is 3 points?
What is a score of 7 on the GDS indicative of?
What is mild depression?
This is indicative of likely infection when palpating lymph nodes
What is tenderness?
PERRLA is the acronym for this.
what is, Pupils Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light and Accommodation
mild hearing loss increases dementia risk by this many times
2X (Moderate - 3x, severe. 5 times)
A correct response in the MoCA (Abstraction) for Train-Bicycle is this.
Means of transportation
You take trips with both
Means of travelling
Name one question number for the GDS Short Form which indicates possible depression when answered negatively.
What is question 1, 5, 7, 11 or 13?
The number of cranial nerves
What is 12?
cranial nerves mnemonic
On Old Olympus' Towering Top, A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops
Simple test you can do for hearing on a home visit
What is the whisper test?
Participants are allocated 1 point for education less than 12 years using this cognitive test.
What is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)?
What is a limitation with the GDS?
What is- it does not assess for suicidality.
Three features of lymph nodes that are concerning
present in supraclavicular, or infraclavicular fossa
not moveable
spherical
hard