Dementia Basics
Dementia is not a disease itself but a collection of these.
What are symptoms?
Mental health exists on this, meaning people can move between wellness and distress over time.
What is a continuum?
Responsive behaviours are often a person's way of doing this.
What is communicating?
This approach focuses on acknowledging a person's feelings rather than correcting them.
What is validation?
This is the year that Maxville Manor was built.
What is 1968?
This common condition may cause occasional forgetfulness but does not significantly impact daily life.
What is normal age-related memory loss?
Two of the most common mental health conditions seen in long-term care are these.
What are depression and anxiety?
Pain, hunger, thirst, and fatigue are examples of these.
What are unmet needs?
When supporting a person living with dementia, this is often more important than factual accuracy.
What is connection (their emotional well-being)?
The number of residents who will call the redeveloped Manor home.
This is the most common type of dementia.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This condition causes a sudden change in attention, awareness, and thinking, and is considered a medical emergency.
What is delirium?
Before reacting to a behaviour, team members should ask this important question.
What is "What is this person really trying to tell me?"
Name one communication technique that supports people experiencing brain change.
What is speaking slowly, using simple language, approaching from the front, giving them one direction at a time, allowing extra response time...?
This is the code to get into the basement.
What is 6666*?
The 'A' in dementia that refers to memory loss.
What is amnesia?
True or False: Depression is a normal part of aging.
What is false?
A resident repeatedly tries to leave every afternoon. Knowing they were a farmer for 50 years helps us understand this.
What is their personal history or life story?
True or False: Arguing with a resident is an effective way to reduce distress.
What is false?
Dan's dogs name.
What is Alfie?
Myth or Fact: Everyone develops dementia if they live long enough.
What is myth?
If a resident expresses hopelessness or says "I don't want to go on", your responsibility is to do this.
What is report it immediately to your supervisor?
What are pain, fear, boredom, loneliness, environmental stressors, unmet needs, trauma, illness, fatigue...?
Instead of saying "aggressive resident", person-centred language would encourage saying this.
What is a resident expressing distress, a resident experiencing unmet needs, or similar person-centred wording?
Name 2 people on the Joint Health and Safety Committee.
Who are Lise, Sabrina, Tanya, Alyson, Rebecca N., Rebecca L., Shannon, Carolyn, Louise, Tracey, Jen, Sophia, Lydia, Lynn, Shawn, Bobbi-Jo, Heather, Patrick, Reese, Mellissa, Nina, Alex, Jessica T?