Terminology
What is Pet Therapy?
Practice of bringing pets into a facility or home to provide stimulation and companionship.
What is Anxiety Disorders?
Persistent, excessive worry or fear of non-threatening situations.
What are the symptoms of Depressive disorders?
Feelings of sadness, anxiety, hopelessness, and guilt
Symptoms are present during the winter when there is less sunlight
What is a Hearing Aid?
Small, electronic device that make sounds stronger.
Which of the following happens during sundowning?
A) A resident becomes more confused at the end of the day.
B) A resident is very tired and lethargic at the end of the day.
C) A resident has more clarity at the end of the day.
D) A resident is happier at the end of the day.
A resident becomes more confused at the end of the day.
What is Emotional Health?
Involves feeling good about and having respect for one's self and others, enjoying life, giving and receiving love and positively expressing and managing emotions.
What is Personality Disorders?
A) Develop after experiencing a traumatic event.
B) Feelings of sadness, anxiety, hopelessness, and guilt
C) Trouble sensing and relating to everyday situations or people.
D) Excessive use of caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis (marijuana), or mind-altering drugs.
C) Trouble sensing and relating to everyday situations or people.
Name three common physical triggers for Delirium in patients with dementia?
Pain, Infection, Nutrition, Constipation, Hydration, Medication, or Environment.
Difficulty hearing conversations without hearing aid or lip reading is mild hearing impairment. True or False?
True.
A degenerative brain disease; resulting in progressive memory loss, impaired thinking, changes in personality, and the most common form of dementia.
Alzheimer’s Disease.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
A degenerative brain disease and the most common form of dementia; results in progressive memory loss. impaired thinking, changes in personality; advanced cases lead to decline in cognitive and physical function.
What is Schizophrenia spectrum disorder?
A) Affects the way of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
B) Excessive use of caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis (marijuana), or mind-altering drugs.
C) Trouble sensing and relating to everyday situations or people.
D) Feelings of sadness, anxiety, hopelessness, and guilt.
A) Affects the way of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
Integrative medicine (IM), including stress relief, relaxation techniques, and supplements. True or False
True
Moderate Hearing Impairment?
A person needs words repeated during conversations and has a hard time keeping up without a hearing aid.
The type of therapy that agrees with a resident’s values, beliefs and reality; even though they are inaccurate and then redirecting them to reduce stress is known as?
A) Reminiscence
B) Sundowning
C) Validation
D) Massage
C) Validation
What is Delirium?
Reversible or treatable cognitive disorder; caused by acute medical conditions, meningitis (inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord), urinary tract infections, electrolyte imbalances, metabolic and endocrine disorders, and heat stroke.
Acute Stress Disorder develops severe anxiety & dissociation within 1 month after an extremely traumatic event? True or False?
True.
What are three common early cognitive signs of dementia?
Memory loss, difficulty concentrating, and confusion in unfamiliar environments.
Definition of Aphasia?
Difficulty understanding or receiving language. (both spoken & written)
Which mental health condition involves persistant excessive worry or fear of non-threatening situations?
A) Post-traumatic stress disorder
B) Borderline personality disorder
C) Bipolar disorder
D) Anxiety disorder
D) Anxiety disorder
What does ASD stand for?
Autism spectrum disorder.
Name all types of Mental Health Condition?
(hint:6)
Anxiety disorders,
Trauma or stress related disorders (PTSD)
Depressive disorders
Personality disorders
Substance abuse disorders
Schizophrenia spectrum disorder
Can you name one sign or symptom of each Mental Health Condition that was mentioned?
Anxiety disorders
Trauma or stress-related disorders
Schizophrenia spectrum disorder
Anxiety disorders: strong peristent, irrational fears), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)(uncontrollable recurrent and interfering thoughts and urges that result in repetitive behaviors
Trauma or stress-related disorders: Including PTSD, acute stress disorder, and adjustment disorders—are characterized by intense fear, flashbacks, nightmares, and avoidance of triggers. Symptoms emotional numbness, and physical reactions like insomnia or headaches.
Schizophrenia spectrum disorder: hearing voices, false beliefs, social withdrawal, flat affect, and impaired functioning, loss of reality, delusions, flat emotions
Cochlear Implant?
Bypasses damaged portions of the ear to deliver sound signals to the hearing (auditory) nerve.
What are risk factors of Mental Health Conditions?
Stressful living conditions, abuse, negative childhood experiences, congenital disorders, low birth weight, physical or mental trauma, chronic illnesses.