Definitions
Loss of ability to understand or express speech
What is aphasia?
This is often mistaken for depression
What is dementia?
A noninvasive technique that uses computer-processed images of multiple X-ray measurements
What is CT?
Used for AD and Dementia
Number one priority of patient care.
What is safety?
After ABC
The only way to confirm cause of dementia
What is Autopsy?
A chronic, progressive, neurodegenerative disease
What is Alzheimer's disease?
What is subjective assessment data?
Magnetic field gradients and radio waves make up the images of this scan.
What is an MRI?
Used for AD and Dementia
Smoking, HTN, Diabetes, Obesity, Hyperlipidemia/Hypercholesterolemia
What are modifiable risk factors?
The patient maintains the right to make his/her own decisions, as long as legal capacity is maintained.
What is autonomy?
Ethical, legal
The main component of this structure is a protein called Tau
What is a Neurofibrillary tangle?
Appearance, affect, vital signs, labs, imaging, Functional exams.
What is objective assessment data?
A 3 item recall and a scored clock drawing.
What is the mini cog test?
Used for AD
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache
What is potential side effects of medications?
Keep a daily routine; eating, sleeping, activities
What is education for patient and caregiver?
The restless, agitated, or confused behavior that can begin or worsen as daylight begins to fade.
What is sundowning?
Vitamin B12, Thyroid (TSH, T3, T4), CBC, Glucose
What are the labs for dementia?
Determine cause/ rule out
Check kidney function, allergies, BUN, and diet ordered (NPO/clears)
What is the prep for scans using radioactive contrast dye?
This med works by regulating the activity of glutamate.
What is memantine?
Used in dementia, sometimes in combo with cholinesterase inhibitors.
Medications (polypharmacy), driving, cooking, wandering and falls.
What is safety* education for patient and caregiver?
The inability to identify an object by active touch.
What is astereognosis?
Inability to carry out ADL's, incontinence, immobility*, limb rigidity
What is severe AD?
A test related to electrical activity in the brain.
What is an electroencephalogram (EEG)?
Used for dementia
These meds are used for decreased cognition and memory loss.
What is cholinesterase inhibitors?
Work by boosting neurotransmitters involved in memory and judgment in both AD and dementia
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act/ Power of Attorney
What is HIPAA and POA?
Ethical, Legal, Financial issues