Cognitive Disorders
This condition has a sudden onset, fluctuates, and is often reversible
Delirium
Symptoms must persist for this amount of time to indicate likely depression
At least 2 weeks
This therapy focuses on validating feelings, not reality
Validation Therapy
This type of care focuses on quality of life and relief of suffering at any stage
Palliative care
This is intentional action or failure to act causing harm within a trust relationship
Elder abuse
This condition has a gradual onset and progressive decline
Dementia
This validated screening tool is used for depression in older adults
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
These types of questions are best when communicating with dementia patients
Yes/No Questions
This type of care is for terminal illness with a prognosis of 6 months or less
Hospice Care
These include physical, sexual, emotional, financial, neglect, and abandonment
Types of Abuse
This screening tool measures memory, attention, language, and orientation
Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE)
This tool is used to screen for anxiety and identify severity
GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7)
These include speaking slowly, maintaining eye contact, and giving one-step instructions
Effective communication strategies for dementia
This legal document outlines a patient’s wishes for future care
Advance directive
These include bruises, fractures, burns, and injuries in different healing stages
Signs of physical abuse
This type of dementia is caused by decreased blood flow to the brain, often following strokes
Vascular Dementia
These include agitation, sleep disturbances, and appetite changes
Physical and behavioral symptoms of depression
These include arguing, criticizing, correcting, and asking open-ended questions
Ineffective communication strategies for dementia
This document appoints someone to make medical decisions if the patient is incapacitated
Medical power of attorney
This involves failure to provide food, water, hygiene, or medical care
Neglect
This type of dementia is associated with Parkinson-like symptoms, REM sleep disturbances, and protein deposits in the brain
Lewy Body Dementia
This factor can mask symptoms of depression in older adults because it is often used as a form of self-medication
Alcohol use (substance use)
This key concept means you should not force reality on dementia patients
Enter their reality
This act allows terminally ill patients to request life-ending medication
Death with Dignity Act / Medical Aid in Dying
This principle requires nurses to report suspected abuse even without proof
Mandatory reporting