Questions and Answers
1.what statement about dementia is true
Answer can affect people in their forties
2.sundowning means what
Answer becomes worse in the late afternoon and evening hours
3.strategies to maintain a client's abilities include
Answer All of the above
4.the following are normal physical aging changes except
Answer Muscles get bigger
5.The physio logical changes that occur with aging may result in
Answer the ability to spit becomes harder
6.Examples of acute illness may include
Answer flu
7.An acute illness can change the capabilities of a person with dementia
it can result in
Answer decreased independence
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, 8.Signs in pain with a person with dementia
Answer decrease ability to communicate
9.a person in the late stage of dementia will
Answer lose the ability to perform their ADLs
10.A client with dementia thinks that the food has been poisoned What is
this client experiencing
Answer a delusion
11.Kieran is a new HCA caring for Mrs. Robinson who is diagnosed with
middle stage dementia what should care new member with Mrs.
Robinson starts to show signs of aggression and disruptive behaviour
Answer Disruptive or aggressive behaviour is responsive behaviours
12. Mrs. law diagnosed with early stage dementia and has been newly
admitted into your facility or cared for the hca should remember that
Answer Less able to describe by caregivers
13.Strategies used for clients who wander
Answer create physical barriers
14.In what does cognitive function refer to
Answer memory understanding judgment and behaviour
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