Brain Health
An umbrella term that describes various symptoms of cognitive decline including but not limited to loss of memory, language abilities, problem solving, coordination, and movements.
What is dementia?
This discipline in medicine is often consulted to assess people's behaviours and recommend pharmacological interventions.
What is a psychiatrist?
This discipline assesses older individual's behaviours to determine a function and establishes a behaviour plan to manage behaviours as well as implement staff training.
What is applied behaviour analysis/ behavioural gerontology?
This is a substance, which, if abused, can result in the development of various forms of dementia.
What is alcohol?
This professional is responsible for providing daily medical care to the patient, including administering medications, assessing patient's vitals, providing care, assessing patient's physical and mental well being.
What is a nurse?
This is a care setting where people can live if they are no longer able to care for themselves independently, either due to physical, psychiatric, or neuro-cognitive reasons.
What is a long-term care home or nursing home?
What is a psychiatric or mental illness (depression, anxiety, substance abuse)?
This professional is responsible for assessing a patient's mobility, independence with daily living skills, and participation in certain activities to maintain their level of cognition.
What is an occupational therapist?
50% or more of people with this developmental disability are expected to develop Alzheimer's Disease
What is Down Syndrome?
This disease leads to dementia. It can also lead to early onset dementia, which affect people as early as in their 30s.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This professional is responsible for providing supports to patients and their families, provide psychotherapy, help families plan for the future, and plan for their admission and discharge.
What is a social worker?
The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964 during the mid-20th century, resulting in a worldwide increase in birth rates. The transition of this population into retirement, as well as higher life expectancies, is contributing to the increase of older adults across various countries.
What are baby boomers?
These symptoms experienced by individuals with dementia can often occur in certain psychiatric illnesses, and involve perceptions that are not actually there.
What are hallucinations?
This type of collaboration across various professionals of different professional backgrounds is essential to care for and promote the quality of life of an older adult.
What is interdisciplinary collaboration?
This type of behaviour-analytic principle can be difficult to implement effectively in individuals with dementia experiencing memory loss.
What is reinforcement?