Confusion
This is a temporary state of mental confusion that can be caused by illness, medication, or sudden changes in environment.
What is delirium.
Dementia is a general term for a serious loss of this type of ability.
What is mental or cognitive ability?
This disease causes tangled nerve fibers and protein deposits in the brain.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
Residents with dementia may repeat words or phrases. This behavior is called this.
What is perseveration?
This common infection can cause confusion in elderly residents, especially women.
What is a urinary tract infection (UTI)?
When caring for a confused resident, a nursing assistant should do this instead of arguing with them.
What is redirect or reassure them?
Unlike delirium, dementia is usually this.
What is progressive and irreversible?
The symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease usually appear in this order: memory loss, confusion, and this.
What is loss of ability to perform daily activities?
To avoid overwhelming a resident with dementia, tasks should be broken into these.
What are small, simple steps?
True or False: Dementia is a normal part of aging.
What is false?
This term refers to a state where a person is disoriented to person, place, or time.
What is confusion?
This is the most common cause of dementia.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
This is a good way to help manage a resident’s behavior when they are agitated.
What is staying calm and using a soothing voice?
Providing a structured, calm environment helps prevent this common behavioral symptom.
What is agitation?
This behavior, common in Alzheimer's, involves walking aimlessly.
What is wandering?
This can worsen confusion in residents, especially in the evening or nighttime hours.
What is sundowning?
This type of dementia occurs after multiple strokes or reduced blood flow to the brain.
What is vascular dementia?
This activity, when done regularly, can help reduce frustration and improve sleep for residents with Alzheimer’s disease.
What is exercise or physical activity?
Using signs, pictures, and labels can help residents with this problem.
What is disorientation or memory loss?
Alzheimer’s disease can be cured if it’s caught early.
What is false?
A nursing assistant should speak using these types of words when talking to someone who is confused.
What are short and simple words?
One way to help a resident with dementia maintain independence is by encouraging this.
What is doing as much self-care as possible?
When a resident with Alzheimer’s disease becomes combative, the NA should never do this.
What is hit back or retaliate?
A resident who walks aimlessly may be doing this.
What is wandering?
Validation therapy focuses on this instead of correcting the resident.
What is accepting their reality or feelings?