Mental Illness
Dementia
DD
Caring to know
Abbreviations
100

A vague, uneasy feeling in response to stress

Anxiety

100

The loss of cognitive function that interferes with routine personal, social, and occupational activities

Dementia

100

The impairment can be physical or mental or both

Developmental Disabilities

100

Using a restraint requires

Doctors order

100

ADL's

Activities of daily living

200

A false belief

Delusion

200

Infection, illness, and injury are common causes

Acute confusion

200

How old a person actually is

Chronological Age

200

The lighting and the noise are part of the 

Environment

200

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With

300

Seeing, hearing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real

Hallucination

300

The most common cause of permanent dementia

Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

300

Born with an extra chromosome

Down Syndrome

300

A meeting that occurs every three months and as needed to review a persons care needs

Care Conference

300

CMS

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

400

The response or change in the body caused by any emotional, physical, social, or economic factor

Stress

400

A resident has AD - this behavior has the highest safety risk

Wandering

400

Typically has difficulty with social skills

Autism
400

Responding to inappropriate behavior 

Redirection

400

OBRA

Ominbus Budget Reconciliation Act

500

The highest level of anxiety

Panic

500

Occurs from too much stimuli

Catastrophic reaction

500

Characterized by an enlarged head and may need a shunt

Hydrocephalus

500

Responding to inappropriate sexual behavior

Providing privacy

500

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After