a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest, which affects how you feel, think and behave, and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems
What is Depression?
A Pressure Ulcer Risk Scale is used to measure the risk level in which a resident is susceptible to the development of pressure ulcers. It has how many sections?
Centered around a residents beliefs, background, experiences, and preferences
What is Resident Centred Care?
1830
What is 6:30pm?
the most common animal used in pet therapy in long term care homes
What is a Dog?
Elderly residents are at risk of this especially those who are males over the age of 65 who live alone, and those 75 years and above
What is Suicide
There are 6 Quality Indicators being monitored by the Ministry of Health of Saskatchewan. Name them
What is: Residents with Pain, Residents Whose Mood from Symptoms of Depression Worsened, Residents Whose Behavioural Symptoms Worsened, Residents with Newly Occurring Stage 2 to 4 Pressure Ulcer, Residents on Antipsychotics Without a Diagnosis of Psychosis, Residents in Daily Physical Restraints?
Mixing children and elderly in the same setting
What is Intergenerational Care?
Draw one line through it. Put your initials and date
What is how to correct a mistake?
Recreation Therapy has five therapeutic domains: Social, Physical, Intellectual, Spiritual and this
What is Emotional?
Describes a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with your daily life
What is Dementia?
P.I.E.C.E.S. is a non-pharmacological assessment tool used by healthcare professionals to help them determine causes for behavioural and psychological symptoms associated with dementia. The acronym P.I.E.C.E.S. stands for: Physical. Intellectual. Emotional. _______________. Environment. Social.
What Is Capabilities?
Ongoing coordination of a residents care over time
What is Continuity Of Care?
was developed to protect the privacy of your personal health information and ensures that information is available when needed to provide you with services
What is HIPA (Health Information Privacy Act)?
There are 4 Types of Interventions in Music Therapy. Name 2
What is
promoting stimulation or relaxation.
facilitating memory or reminiscence.
developing auditory skills.
enhancing mood and reducing anxiety.
a serious disturbance in mental abilities that results in confused thinking and reduced awareness of the environment
What is Delirium?
Medication review, Toileting regularly, Ambulation/Exercise, Increased participation in ADL, Pain relief/comfort measures, Assess for hunger, pain, heat, cold, and Glasses, hearing aids, walking aids easily available are all examples of this
What are alternative approaches to restraint use?
supports people who are living with a life-threatening illness, condition, or health situation. It treats the whole person and their family and not just the disease, condition, or body part.
What is Palliative Care?
type of documentation that is completed by an individual who was not witness to the event or circumstances surrounding the event. it is often challenged in a court of law.
What is Third-Party Charting/Documentation?
By recording resident participation with this quality of engagement software system, and documenting self-directed activities you can easily monitor residents and activities that are successful.
What is Activity Pro
caused by plaques and tangles in the brain’s nervous system. Brain decreases in size as cells are lost. Progressive and incurable
What is Alzheimer's Disease
There are 4P's of Pain Management. Name Them
What is Prevention, Psychological, Physical, and Pharmaceutical?
provides temporary relief for a primary caregiver, enabling them to take a much-needed break from the demands of caregiving a sick, aging, or disabled family member
What is Respite Care?
a system for documenting exceptions to normal illness or disease progression, using a shorthand method of charting what's usual and normal
What is Charting by Exception?
The four components in Therapeutic Recreation Process or A-Pie?
What is assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation?