Managenent Of Dementia

Question 1

What is an ABC chart?

Answer 1

Chart that helps to understand and explain the event if challenging behaviours

Antecedents
Behaviour
Consequences

Question 2

What is the underlying cause of behaviours that challenge?

Answer 2

Unmet needs (Maslow’s hierarchy)

Question 3

I’m what does the Newcastle model of formulation include?

Answer 3

Cognitive and functional abilities
Environment
Mental health
Physical health + medications
Personality/lifestyle/relations
What the person might be thinking and feeling
Consequences of the behaviour and the effect of this
Unmet needs

Used to make recommendations and care planning

Question 4

What are some de escalation strategies?

Answer 4

Communication and interaction training
Therapeutic lie
BANGS model (breathe, accept, not argue, go)
VERA model (validation, emotion, reassure, activity)

Question 5

What are the main target symptoms of interventions for dementia?

Answer 5

Cognition
Activities of daily living
Depression and other neuropsychiatric symptoms
Quality of life

Question 6

What is the role for exercise in dementia?

Answer 6

Useful in prevention
Resistance training has a benefit in healthy older adults
Small effect during MCI
No effect on cognition once dementia has happened