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Delirium
Dementia
Depression
Myths
Misconceptions
100
sudden onset
What is the onset of delirium?
100
recent and remote memory is impaired.
What is the impairment of memory in dementia?
100
Can last from 6 weeks to years.
What is the duration of depression?
100
Less than 5% of older adults reside in this.
What is nursing facilities?
100
$18,000
What is the average income of older adults?
200
generally impaired; severity varies
What is the impairment on thinking in the person with delirium?
200
The onset is gradual, slow, and often unrecognized.
What is the onset of dementia?
200
Normal
What is the alertness in depression?
200
How most non institutionalized older adults view their health.
What is excellent or very good.
200
A discrimination against people based on their age.
What is ageism?
300
hours to less than 1 month, longer if untreated
What is the duration of delirium?
300
Normal but some have difficulty with the execution of purposeful movement
What is the psychomotor behavior of the individual with dementia?
300
intact but with feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, or self-deprecation
What is the thinking of an individual with depression?
300
According to specialists in the field an optimistic outlook.
How do octogenarians view their outlook on life?
300
That they are forgetful, confused, rigid, bored, and unfriendly.
What is the stereotypical view of older adults?
400
recent and immediate impaired forgetful; instructions may need to be given one step at a time
What impairment of memory in the individual with delirium?
400
fragmented
What is the sleep cycle of individuals with dementia?
400
Onset can be gradual or abrupt.
What is the onset of depression?
400
lifelong learners
How would you state the learning process with older adults?
400
Older adults have a major influence in this area.
What is public policy.
500
distracted from task, makes numerous mistakes
What is assessment result on the individual with delirium?
500
What are the assessment findings on the individual with dementia?
What is frequent near miss answers, struggles with test, and failings highlighted by family.
500
variable; psychomotor retardation or agitation
What is the psychomotor behavior in an individual with depression?
500
independent functioning
What is the level of function with older adults with a chronic condition?
500
Treated as objects rather than people.
What was the view of older adults in hospitals and institutions in the past in nursing?