Quizizz Exam 4 Review for Communication Disorders in Adults
If a chart reviews reveals the medications of Aricept or Namenda, you might consider the person has the following disorder?
Alzheimer's
The Glasgow Coma Scale, Adelaide Coma Scale, and the Ranchos Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning are assessments used for measuring what?
Arousal
Alzheimer's disease is categorized as
Cortical Dementia
Which stage of grief do patients believe that nothing is wrong and there will never be anything wrong with their abilities, may blame others, or make excuses for difficulties
Denial Stage
Which term refers to when a person unconsciously removes themselves emotionally from painful, stressful, or upsetting situations
Disassociation
Which technique requires the difficulty level of task to be set within the ability of the patient to maximize patient success?
Errorless Learning
Which is a characteristic of Frontotemporal lobe dementia?
Exhibits Pathological changes in the frontal lobe
Which of the following is an internal memory strategy?
Face-name associations
Hematoma refers to the amount of pressure in skull becoming higher than blood pressure
False
In normal aging reaction time doesn't change
False
Post traumatic epilepsy does not occur as a result of head injury.
False
Subcortical dementia is the most common dementia.
False
Therapy for dementia should increase demands on impaired abilities
False
Which is a characteristic of a caregiver that is a sympathizer?
Feels sorry for the patient and has little understanding of pt's emotions
What is a hematoma?
Gathering of blood outside of blood vessel
Which is subtle cognitive changes that are similar (but worse than) normal aging, & MAY be a pre-diagostic sign of dementia?
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Which is considered an indirect therapy approach for dementia?
Modifying the patients environment
When a therapist breaks down complex tasks into smaller parts or arranges tasks from concrete to abstract, which approach are they using?
Montessori Approach
Which is a balanced state among a patient's sense of purpose, perception of improvement, & ownership of goals is called
Motivation
Which of the following is a neuropathology found in Huntington's disease?
Mutant Huntington's protein
Which term indicates an injury that penetrates the skull into the brain
Open head injury
Levodopa or L-dopa is commonly prescribed for which of the following disorder?
Parkinson's
A hallmark abnormality of Parkinson's disease is
Rigidity and resting tremors
What level of Military TBI damage is the result of bomb fragments or flying debris?
Secondary Trauma
Pick's disease is all but which of the following?
Subcortical Dementia
AAC is often necessary for individual's with Huntington's disease.
True
In Alzheimer's disease, an individual's personality changes early in the disease process.
True
In Pick's disease there is gradual atrophy of brain mass.
True
Negative emotional reactions will affect progress of therapy for patients
True
Which is the best definition of Restorative memory approaches for memory?
Work to rehabilitate memory abilities
Dementia is NOT
a disease
Short term memory loss is usually the first indication of which disease?
alzheimers disease
Which is a neuropathology of Alzheimer's?
amyloid plaque
Which of the following is a secondary mechanism of damage for TBI?
cerebral edema Intracranial pressure post traumatic epilepsy
Which stage of grief have patients lost their sense of purpose, may appear apathetic, unmotivated, and discouraged
depression stage
Which term refers to when individuals transfer their own feelings of anxiety, fear, etc. onto another person?
displacement/projection
Pick the best description for minimally conscious state
displays inconsistent but define behavioral signs of consciousness
Which of the following is true about Early Stage Alzheimer's disease?
lasts 2 years on average motor function remains intact short term memory abilities are lost
Which is considered a direct therapy treatment for dementia?
memory prosthesis reminiscence therapy spaced retrieval therapy
Huntington's disease is characterized by which of the following?
motor symptoms of chorea
Lacunar state is result of
multiple infarcts to subcortical regions of the brain
A symptom of mild cognitive impairment is difficulty following detail heavy conversations.
true