Dementia Capable Care Exam – Medical Speech Pathology – Cognitive Communication and
Patient-Centered Care Review Material
cognitive disabilities model - ANS ✔✔- identifies best ability to function (BATF)
- includes six Allen Cognitive Levels (ACL)
- each level defines remaining abilities
Theory of Retrogenes is - ANS ✔✔- hypothesizes that people reverse develop due to
Alzheimer’s
- compares stage(s) of dementia to developmental stages
- Functional Assessment Staging Tool (FAST) and Global Deterioration Staging Tool (GDS)
describe cognitive decline
person-centered care approach - ANS ✔✔- emphasizes placing the person with dementia as the
focal point of caregiving
Lawton Nahemo - ANS ✔✔- high competence requires higher demands
- disuse happens of demands are too low
- if the demands are too high, may cause behavioral issues
functional skills/tasks (procedural) - ANS ✔✔- tap into someone's procedural memory
- repetitive environment
dementia - ANS ✔✔the loss of mental processing of such severity as to interfere with a person's
daily functioning. Not a disease itself, but a group of symptoms that may accompany certain
diseases or conditions
, drugs, emotional issues, metabolic issues, ear and eyes, nutrition, tumors, infection, air - ANS
✔✔what are the reversible causes of dementia? (DEMENTIA)
Alzheimer's Disease - ANS ✔✔- a progressive neurogenerative disease
- characterized by the loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain
- no known cure
- most common form of dementia
vascular dementia (multi-infarct) - ANS ✔✔- often occurs concurrently with Alzheimer's
- more common in men than women
- onset is usually more abrupt than Alzheimer's disease
- progression occurs in a stepwise fashion
Lewy Body Demntia - ANS ✔✔- has a fluctuating course
- often presents with episodes of hallucinations and signs of Parkinsonism
Frontotemporal Dementia - ANS ✔✔- presents earlier
- includes Pick's disease and primary progressive aphasia
- personality and communication changes usually precede memory loss.
Cognition - ANS ✔✔the primary determinant of a person's maximum ability to function in every
activity
best ability to function - ANS ✔✔BATF
short-term memory - ANS ✔✔- the holding of information for a short period of time (minutes,
hours, days) 1st memory to go
Patient-Centered Care Review Material
cognitive disabilities model - ANS ✔✔- identifies best ability to function (BATF)
- includes six Allen Cognitive Levels (ACL)
- each level defines remaining abilities
Theory of Retrogenes is - ANS ✔✔- hypothesizes that people reverse develop due to
Alzheimer’s
- compares stage(s) of dementia to developmental stages
- Functional Assessment Staging Tool (FAST) and Global Deterioration Staging Tool (GDS)
describe cognitive decline
person-centered care approach - ANS ✔✔- emphasizes placing the person with dementia as the
focal point of caregiving
Lawton Nahemo - ANS ✔✔- high competence requires higher demands
- disuse happens of demands are too low
- if the demands are too high, may cause behavioral issues
functional skills/tasks (procedural) - ANS ✔✔- tap into someone's procedural memory
- repetitive environment
dementia - ANS ✔✔the loss of mental processing of such severity as to interfere with a person's
daily functioning. Not a disease itself, but a group of symptoms that may accompany certain
diseases or conditions
, drugs, emotional issues, metabolic issues, ear and eyes, nutrition, tumors, infection, air - ANS
✔✔what are the reversible causes of dementia? (DEMENTIA)
Alzheimer's Disease - ANS ✔✔- a progressive neurogenerative disease
- characterized by the loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain
- no known cure
- most common form of dementia
vascular dementia (multi-infarct) - ANS ✔✔- often occurs concurrently with Alzheimer's
- more common in men than women
- onset is usually more abrupt than Alzheimer's disease
- progression occurs in a stepwise fashion
Lewy Body Demntia - ANS ✔✔- has a fluctuating course
- often presents with episodes of hallucinations and signs of Parkinsonism
Frontotemporal Dementia - ANS ✔✔- presents earlier
- includes Pick's disease and primary progressive aphasia
- personality and communication changes usually precede memory loss.
Cognition - ANS ✔✔the primary determinant of a person's maximum ability to function in every
activity
best ability to function - ANS ✔✔BATF
short-term memory - ANS ✔✔- the holding of information for a short period of time (minutes,
hours, days) 1st memory to go
