Dementia Behaviors II
Walking back and forth in the same area
What is pacing
A head injury that occurs from a banging movement of the brain against the skull.
What is a concussion.
A method of treating mental health disorders that involves talking about one's problems with mental health professionals.
What is psychotherapy.
Refers to the normal function of emotional and intellectual abilities.
What is mental health.
Mental or physical exhaustion due to a prolonged period of stress or frustration.
What is burnout.
Walking around a facility or place, without any known goal or purpose
What is wandering
Loss of function of the lower body and legs.
What is paraplegia.
A type of psychotherapy that is usually short-term and focuses on skills and solutions that a person can use to modify negative thinking and behavior patterns; often used to treat anxiety disorders and depression.
What is CBT or cognitive behavioral therapy.
A disease that disrupts a person's ability to function at a normal level in the family, home or community.
What is a mental health disorder.
A way to improve or change an action or development.
What is an interveniton.
Seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting or feeling things that aren't there.
What are hallucinations
Loss of function of the legs, trunk and arms.
What is quadriplegia.
A type of therapy that lets people with Alzheimer's disease believe they are living in the past or in imaginary circumstances.
What is validation therapy.
A type of mental health disorder characterized by panic attacks, which are repeated episodes of intense fear, along with physical sx's such as rapid heartbeat, dizziness, chest pain, SOB and upset stomach.
What is panic disorder.
A situation that leads to agitation.
What is a trigger.
Being in a state of excitement, restlessness or troubled.
WHat is agitated.
A disorder that causes recurring seizures.
What is epilepsy.
A type of therapy that encourages people with Alzheimer's disease to remember and talk about the past.
What is reminiscence therapy.
A type of mental health disorder characterized by excessive anxiety about social situations also call social phobia.
What is social anxiety disorder
Reacting to something in an unreasonable, exaggerated way.
What is a catastrophic reaction.
In medicine, when a person with Alzheimer's disease wanders away from a protected area and does not return on his own.
What is elope.
Loss of vision on one-half of the visual field, due to CVA, tumor or trauma.
What is hemianaopsia.
A type of group therapy that promotes self-esteem, self-awareness, and socialization for people with Alzheimer's Disease.
What is remotivation therapy.
The repeated use of legal or illegal substances in a way that is harmful to oneself or others.
Substance abuse.
Forceful actions that include attacking, hitting or threatening someone.
What is violence.