Confusion, Dementia, & Alzheimers Disease Quiz
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a disease or condition that cannot be cured
A. degenerative
B. onset
C. irreversible
D. progressive
type of therapy that allows residents to believe that they live in the past or in imaginary circumstances
A. rummaging
B. hoarding
C. validation
when a person walks aimlessly around the facility or the facility grounds
A. perseveration
B. wandering
C. pacing
D. sundowning
collecting and putting things away in a guarding way
A. hoarding
B. rummaging
C. validating
a state of severe confusion that occurs suddenly and is usually temporary
A. cognitive impairment
B. confusion
C. delirium
D. dementia
when a person repeats words, phrases, questions, or actions:
A. perserveration
B. pacing
C. wandering
D. sundowning
going through drawers, closets, or personal items that belong to oneself or to other peopls
A. hoarding
B. validating
C. rummaging
when someone sees, hears, smells, tastes, or feels things that are not there
A. delusions
B. hallucinations
C. illusions
D. craziness
a progressive, degenerative, and irreversible disease that causes tangled nerve fibers and protein deposits to form in the brain, eventually causing dementia
A. Lewy body dementia
B. Parkinson’s disease
C. Alzheimer’s disease
D. Huntington’s disease
when a person gets restless and agitated late in the afternoon, evening, or night
A. perseveration
B. pacing
C. wandering
D. sundowning
The inability to think clearly
A. cognitive impairment
B. confusion
C. delirium
D. dementia
the time the signs and symptoms begin
A. degenerative
B. onset
C. irreversible
D. progressive
when a person walks back and forth
A. perseveration
B. pacing
C. wandering
D. sundowning
when someone believes things that are not true
A. delusions
B. hallucinations
C. illusions
D. craziness
disease that gets continually worse; eventually causes a breakdown of body systems
A. degenerative
B. onset
C. irreversible
D. progressive
disease that advances; tends to spread to other parts of the body and affects many body functions
A. degenerative
B. irreversible
C. onset
D. progressive
general term that refers to a serious loss of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning, and communicating
A. cognitive impairment
B. confusion
C. delirium
D. dementia
When the ability to think logically and clearly is impaired
A. cognitive impairment
B. confusion
C. delirium
D. dementia
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