Health History
factual, measurable, and observable information
Objective data
This assessment uses a 3-item recall test and a clock-drawing test
Mini-cog
A geographic area where residents have limited access to affordable, nutritious food, particularly fresh produce.
Food desert
complex skill needed for independent living that is not essential for basic survival, but rather for maintaining a fulfilling life in the community
IADLs
Activities that an older adult performs as a member of a family, society, and community
AADLs
A brief statement from a patient describing their main symptom, concern, or health issue in their own words to a healthcare provider
Reason for seeking care
When we tell the patient unrelated words and then ask them to recall them later. What are we assessing?
Lack of consistent access to enough nutritious food for an active, healthy life due to insufficient financial or other resources
Food Insecurity
the basic self-care tasks essential for independent living, including bathing, dressing, eating, transferring, toileting, and personal hygiene.
ADLs
Chronic, progressive, organic disease of the brain
Dementia
What type of question are we asking when we want a short direct answer?
Closed ended
When we ask the patient to spell “WORLD” backwards. What are we assessing?
Concentration and attention
Difficulty Swallowing
Dysphagia
This age group utilizes telegraphic speech
Toddlers
the reduction in a person's ability to perform basic physical and cognitive tasks, such as self-care, bathing, and dressing, often due to a decrease in physical or cognitive function
Functional decline
This type of database is a rapid collection of patient data during a critical event
Emergency database
Paraphasias and neologisms are associated with what condition?
Wernicke aphasia (Receptive aphasia)
These religions may need food to be Kosher or Halal?
Judaism and Islam
What age group might require a longer assessment time?
The older adult
a state of acute mental confusion and disorientation that is caused by something else
Delirium
Review of systems is a collection of what type of data?
Subjective data
When we ask a patient to copy a design we are assessing...
Constructional ability
Height, weight, arm circumference and skin fold thickness are examples of what?
Anthropometric measurements
What age group participates in animistic thinking?
What is the primary purpose of a functional assessment in the older adult?
To evaluate the ability to perform self-care and daily activities