CHANGES IN AGING
CVA
TERMINOLOGY
1 SIDED WEAKNESS
CONDITIONS
100
This is caused by less deep (REM) sleep and more night awakenings.
What is insomnia?
100
The Layman's Terms for CVA and define what each letter stands for.
What is a "Stroke" or "Brain Attack" and Cerebral Vascular Accident?
100
Difficutly. No speach. Cannot find the word they are trying to say.
What is "Expressive Aphasia"?
100
What are terms that you may use in giving care, rather than saying, "Your bad side".
What is "effected side" or "weaker side".
100
Name this chronic progressive degenerative disease.
What is PARKINSON'S?
200
Something happens to the transmission of nerve impulses.
What is "Slower Transmission"?
200
Name a CVA cause that involves blood composition and/or circulation.
What is caused by a blood clot or the rupture of a blood vessel?
200
Weakness on one side.
What is "Hemiparesis"?
200
The side that you as a caregiver lead with in assisting with transfers.
What is the "strong" or "uneffected side"?
200
This disease of the CNS, destroys protective covering and nerves and spine; breaking down the white matter of the brain.
What is MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS?
300
Decreased sensitivity to these four (4) stimuli.
What are pain/pressure and heat/cold?
300
Name the side of the body effected based on stroke location.
What is the opposite side?
300
Difficulty speaking or understanding.
What is "Dysphasia"?
300
The side that you as a caregiver lead with in assisting with dressing.
What is weaker or effected side?
300
With this condition, symptoms will depend on the level of spinal cord damage and the point of impact.
What is HEAD & SPINAL CORD INJURY?
400
Something happens to speed, balance, coordination and fine motor skills.
What is they become slower or less?
400
Give examples of stroke symptoms.
What are facial droop (mouth/eye on one side), cannot lift arm or stand on leg, cannot speak or speak well.
400
Paralysis on one side.
What is "Hemiplegia"?
400
The side that you as a caregiver stand on and what position you assume with the resident when ambulating.
What is STNA stands on weaker side and slightly behind the resident?
400
This condition is caused by tangled nerve fibers and protein deposits in the brain. There is no cure. Onset to death can take up to 20 years.
What is ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?
500
This happens to brain cells in the "Normal changes in Aging".
What is Brain cells may be lost, but intelligence levels stays intact.
500
Give a true or false response to whether or not Cerebral Vascular Accidents are a normal change in aging.
What is false?
500
Cannot understand written and/or spoken word.
What is "Receptive Aphasia"?
500
The nursing care that the STNA can do, since OT/PT does rehabilitation.
What is "Range of Motion"?
500
Name the conditions that differentiate between serious loss of mental abilities and temporary inability to think clearly.
What is CONFUSION vs. DEMENTIA?
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