Key Terms
Afraid
What is fear?
– Person mentally or physically impaired, often from birth.
What is developmentally disabled?
– The ability to think, reason, make decisions and remember.
What is cognition?
Confusion about person, place, and time. Confusion of time may be time of day, day of the week, date, month or year.
What is disorientation?
A disorder in some people who have experienced a shocking, scary, or dangerous event.
What is post traumatic stress disorder?
Seeing or hearing something that is not really there
What is hallucinations?
A brain abnormality which may be from birth. Maybe due to a lack of oxygen before, during, or after birth. Movements are difficult to control, and some mental disabilities may occur.
What is agitation?
– Person mentally or physically impaired, often from birth.
What is developmentally disabled?
Supportive care for people in the final phase of a terminal illness. Focuses on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure.
What is hospice care?
–A condition of incomplete development or injury to the brain. The person is not able to learn or develop skills at the same rate as others. It can range from mild to severe.
What is mentally challenged?
When a person is very sad. Has a loss of interest in things. Has feelings of hopelessness.
What is depression?
A serious condition related to brain development. The condition impairs the ability to communicate and interact with others.
What is autism?
–Difficulty in following directions. Difficulty in separating differences between things.
What is confusion?
A brain abnormality which may be from birth. Maybe due to a lack of oxygen before, during, or after birth. Movements are difficult to control, and some mental disabilities may occur.
What is cerebral palsy?
Helping residents to be aware of time, place, and person.
What is reality orientation?
Progressive decline in mental function. Disrupts a person’s normal life activities. Affects memory and the ability to think, reason, and make decisions.
What is dementia?
Changes in an individual’s ability to make decisions and remember. Thinking tasks become more difficult
What is cognitive impairment?
– Feeling uneasy, apprehensive, worried.
What is anxiety?
False belief. For example, a resident believes she is the Queen of England
What is delusion?
The caregiver accepts the values and beliefs of the resident with dementia. The values and beliefs may differ from reality.
What is validation therapy?
–Situations that cause anxiety or concern for one’s wellbeing. Causes the body to feel “nervous, anxious, fearful, or confused.”
What is stress or stressors?
The caregiver accepts the values and beliefs of the resident with dementia. The values and beliefs may differ from reality.
What is validation therapy?
A chemical imbalance in the brain. Interferes with one’s ability to live and work
What is mental illness?
Care that treats a whole person who has been through trauma. Care providers look at how a person copes when trying to understand their behaviors and treat the person.
What is trauma informed care?
progressive decline in mental function. Disrupts a person’s normal life activities. Affects memory and the ability to think, reason, and make decisions.
What is dementia?