Dementia Care: Supporting Families – Healthcare and Cognitive Care
Review Material
Which of the following strategies when caring for someone with dementia is MOST
appropriate? - ✔✔Organize the day according to their desires and abilities.
What advice should you give to family for communicating with a person with dementia? -
✔✔Add gestures to match your words.
What might a person with early stage dementia have the MOST trouble with? - ✔✔Planning a
task
In which stage of grief are families MOST likely to express rigid behaviors and complain of
headaches and generalized pain? - ✔✔anger
What type of care should you and the family provide to their loved one who has dementia? -
✔✔Person-centered care
What are two common behaviors caused by Alzheimer's dementia? - ✔✔Agitation and
aggression
Which of the following is one of the MOST common challenges that families face during the
early stage of Alzheimer's dementia? - ✔✔The start of financial hardship
True or False: Family members should understand that they will only have to go through the
grief process one time during their loved one's stages of dementia. - ✔✔true
What is the first stage of grief that families are likely to experience when caring for their loved
one who has dementia? - ✔✔denial
Review Material
Which of the following strategies when caring for someone with dementia is MOST
appropriate? - ✔✔Organize the day according to their desires and abilities.
What advice should you give to family for communicating with a person with dementia? -
✔✔Add gestures to match your words.
What might a person with early stage dementia have the MOST trouble with? - ✔✔Planning a
task
In which stage of grief are families MOST likely to express rigid behaviors and complain of
headaches and generalized pain? - ✔✔anger
What type of care should you and the family provide to their loved one who has dementia? -
✔✔Person-centered care
What are two common behaviors caused by Alzheimer's dementia? - ✔✔Agitation and
aggression
Which of the following is one of the MOST common challenges that families face during the
early stage of Alzheimer's dementia? - ✔✔The start of financial hardship
True or False: Family members should understand that they will only have to go through the
grief process one time during their loved one's stages of dementia. - ✔✔true
What is the first stage of grief that families are likely to experience when caring for their loved
one who has dementia? - ✔✔denial
