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Flashcards by Lindsay Caird, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Lindsay Caird
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Dementia is defined as | - Progressive - Acquired - Decline from previous function - Affects cognition |
| Dementia is a _______ disease | Keystone |
| Keystone in Dementia | - Dementia affects the health of people and the health of caretakers |
| Dementia interferes with: | - Social function - Occupational function |
| Cognitive problems - Dementia | - Amnesia - Aphasia - Apraxia - Agnosia - Executive Function - Visuospatial Ability - Behavioural |
| Amnesia | - Memory |
| Aphasia | Language ability |
| Apraxia | Inability to preform complex motor planning - Trouble dialing numbers - Trouble writing by hand |
| Agnosia | Inability to recognize familiar things - i.e. own face in the mirror, spouse |
| Executive Functioning | Trouble with problem solving - i.e. unsure as to which side of the road to drive on |
| Visuospatial Ability | Getting lost, impaired ability to put clothes on |
| Behavioural | Knowing boundaries |
| How to diagnose Dementia | - Personal Examination - Patient History - Diagnostic Tests |
| Dementia diagnosis is primarily based on | Patient History |
| Frontal Lobe is used for.... | The Pirate Once Bit Poppy - Thinking - Problem Solving - Organizing - Behavioural Control - Personality |
| Temporal Lobe is in charge of... | - Short-term memory - usually where Alzheimer's begins |
| Parietal Lobe is in charge of... | - Sensation - Perception - i.e. trouble figuring out how to put a shirt on |
| Alzheimer's is the most common type of | Dementia |
| Pathology of an Alzheimers brain: | - Smaller - Shrinkage starts in temporal and parietal lobes - Contains Amyloid plaques |
| Stages of Alzheimer's Stage 1: | Normal |
| Stages of Alzheimer's Stage 2: | Patient starting to complain, but tests are normal |
| Stages of Alzheimer's Stage 3: | Functional problems begin Family starts to notice something is off |
| Stages of Alzheimer's Stage 4: | Dementia is well established Trouble with current events Begin to withdraw |
| Stages of Alzheimer's Stage 5: | Disease continues to progress Needs help with clothes Inability to remember phone number |
| Stages of Alzheimer's Stage 6: | Incontinence may occur Wandering Inability to recognize people, places, themselves |
| Stages of Alzheimer's Stage 7: | Very severe decline |
| What stages of Alzheimer's do most people die between? | Stages 6 and 7 |
| What is Frontotemporal Dementia? | Atrophy of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain |
| Frontotemporal Dementia signs and symptoms | - Non-fluent/fluent aphasia - Decreased hygiene and grooming - Hyper orality - Perseveration - Utilization behaviour - Distractable - Loss of executive functions |
| What is Non-Fluent Aphasia? | Struggle to speak/find the right words |
| What is Fluent Aphasia? | The impairment to understand the meaning of words |
| What is hyper orality? | The need to put stuff in ones mouth |
| What is perseveration? | The need to repeat things i.e. constantly walking around the dining room table |
| Some patients are diagnosed as ________ instead of Frontotemporal Dementia | Diagnostic Pitfalls: - OCD - "Eccentric" - Depression |
| How does Dementia with Lewy Bodies occur? | Protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain regions involved in thinking, memory and movement |
| 3 Core Features of DLB | 1. Fluctuations 2. Visual Hallucinations 3. Atypical Parkinsonism |
| 3 Big Causes of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) | 1. Multiple Strokes 2. Strategic Stroke 3. High BP |
| VCI signs and symptoms: | - Gait disturbance - Early loss of bladder control - Difficulty swallowing - Personality changes |
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