HIPPA Quiz Questions NEW

Agitation and anxiety can manifest as:

T/F – People with Dementia may have impaired insight towards their own cognition and ability level.

T/F – Related behaviors are often triggered by a feeling of loss of control.

As a caregiver, how should you respond when a client/patient is feel agitated – (check all that applies)

Providing reassurance means:

T/F – If someone with dementia feels rushed, they may react with apprehension, resistance, anxiety and agitation.

Check the samples below that identify how to simplify the environment for someone with dementia:

T/F – By simplifying the environment and reducing choices will lessen frustration and confusion.

T/F – Late stage dementia causes severe memory loss where only fragments of memory remain.

T/F – A patient/client with “Late Stage Dementia” may lose the ability to speak, walk and eat. This stage usually lasts for a couple of years and will eventually end in death.

T/F – The needs of a patient/client living with, “Late Stage Dementia,” will change and become more intense and demanding.

Which of the following changes occur when a patient is living with Late Stage.

If we look at changes that can occur when a client/patient is living with Late Stage Dementia, which of the following apply:

T/F – Patients/Clients with Late Stage Dementia are more prone to infection especially pneumonia.

T/F – Older adults with dementia become nonverbal as the loss of brain cells impacts the speaking part of the brain.

Common symptoms of Dementia, include:

Which of the following are ways to remove communication barriers when communicating with a patient/client who suffers with Dementia.

T/F – It is important to try and understand the “emotion” behind words or sounds, as clues to what the patient/client is trying to communicate.

Which of the following is the best way to respond to aggressive behavior:

Which is the best way to help prevent agitation: