Confusion and Dementia 1
True or False: Dementia is a normal part of aging.
False. Dementia is not a normal part of aging.
If a person with AD is screaming, you know he or she is trying to _____.
communicate
An older person's children may have moved away and friends may have died. Such events could lead to the person experiencing _____.
depression
How can you help prevent an Alzheimer's patient from experiencing a catastrophic event?
decrease stimuli and create a calm environment
If a person with AD says she wants to go home, what should you do?
Take her for a walk or distract her in some other way.
What is a condition that involves an intense fear of something?
phobia
What is it called when a person with Alzheimer's disease experiences heightened anxiety and agitation in the evening?
sundowning
Everyone should have the opportunity to make choices. Describe how you can give a person with AD a choice?
Give two choices--such as do you want to wear this shirt or this shirt?
Withdrawal from others is a sign of _____.
depression
When you regularly ask a person with dementia "What day is it?" and "Where are you?" this is called _____.
reality orientation
Dementia can sometimes be a temporary _____ of a disease.
symptom
A person who sees, hears, or smells things that aren't real is having a _____.
hallucination
What is the therapy that focuses on accepting the reality of a person with dementia?
validation therapy
Alzheimer's disease ends in _____.
death
What are the 2 extremes in bipolar disorder?
mania and depression