University:
The University of British Columbia
Course:
MEDD 448 | Transition into Postgraduate Education and Practice
Academic year:

2024
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136

Pages:

2
Author:

O. Touhami

‭Dementia Assessment: Memory, Cognitive Functions, and Autonomy‬ -‭ ‬‭Durable installation.‬ ‭-‬‭Deficit Memory And other cognitive function(s): o‬ ‭Language.‬ ‭‬ E o ‭ xecutive functions.‬ ‭o‬ ‭Apraxia, agnosia, orientation, TS. Estimated‬ ‭o‬ ‭by standard screening testMMSE.‬ ‭-‬ ‭These cognitive disorders have an impact on‬ ‭autonomy: dependence. o Estimated by 4 IADL tests.‬ ‭-‬ ‭Multiple causes dominated by neurodegenerative conditions (Alzheimer's‬ ‭disease) and vascular dementia.‬ ‭-‬‭MMSE: 30-point test which allows you to estimate the presence of primary disorders. o‬ ‭Orientation in time: 5 questions.‬ ‭o‬ ‭What year is it ? In which‬ ‭o‬ ‭season ?‬ ‭o‬ ‭In which month ?‬ ‭o‬ ‭What day of the month?‬ ‭o‬ ‭What day of the week?‬ ‭o‬ ‭Orientation in space:‬ ‭o‬ ‭What is the name of the hospital where we‬ ‭o‬ ‭are? What city is he located in?‬ ‭o‬ ‭What is the name of the department?‬ ‭o‬ ‭The name of the region?‬ ‭o‬ ‭Learning: I am going to say three words to you, I would like you to‬ ‭repeat them to me and try to remember them because I will ask‬ ‭you again later.‬ ‭ ‬ ‭Cigar + flower + door. Or‬ o ‭o‬ ‭lemon + key + balloon.‬ ‭ ‬ ‭Attention and calculation: want to count from 100 by removing 7 each time.‬ o ‭‬ S o ‭ pell the word world backwards? but does not count any points.‬ ‭o‬ ‭Reminder: can you tell me what were the 3 months that you‬ ‭asked to repeat and remember earlier?‬ ‭o‬ ‭Language :‬ ‭‬ S o ‭ how a pencil, show a watch. “What is the name of this object?” ".‬ ‭o‬ ‭Listen carefully and repeat exactly after me: “no buts, no ifs, no ands”.‬ ‭o‬ P ‭ lace a sheet of paper on the desk, show it to the subject‬ ‭and say: “Listen carefully and do what I am going to tell‬ ‭you:”‬ ‭o‬ ‭“Take this sheet of paper with your right hand. ".‬ ‭o‬ ‭“Fold it in half.”‬ ‭ ‬ ‭“Put it on the ground.”‬ o ‭ ‬ ‭Hand the subject a sheet of paper on which “Close your eyes” is‬ o ‭written in large letters and tell the subject “do what it says.”‬ ‭o‬ ‭Hand the subject a sheet of paper and a pen, saying: “Would you like to‬ ‭ rite me a sentence whatever you want, but a whole sentence”.‬ w ‭ ‬ ‭Constructive practices: hand the subject a sheet of paper and ask “do you‬ o