Nursing Home Pre-Test
Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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example@example.com
1. In care giving/care partnering, if something isn’t working well, who needs to change?
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Caregiver
The person with dementia
2. As a care partner, it’s important to know your agenda, but not show your agenda.
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True
False
3. If it’s not normal aging, it’s always dementia.
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True
False
4. Human beings take in data 5 ways… what we see, hear, feel/touch, smell and taste. The most powerful sensory input is:
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Visual data
Auditory data
5. People with dementia pay more attention to what they see than what they hear.
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True
False
6. Dementia attacks the brain asymmetrically.
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True
False
7. “Language on the….”
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Left
Right
8. “Rhythm on the ….”
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Left
Right
9. When approaching someone with dementia, it’s OK to touch the person before you make a visual and verbal connection.
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True
False
10. Please choose the correct statement:
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It’s more effective to do “TO” a person than “WITH”
It’s more effective to do “WITH” a person than “TO”
11. Choose all that apply to “normal aging”
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Can’t recall a word, but can describe it
Process information slowly
Words won’t come even with verbal, visual or touch clues.
12. Choose all that apply to “not normal” aging
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Unable to start a task
Will get stuck in a moment of time
Unable to successfully place a person
13. Dementia will rob you of “skill” before it robs you of “strength”
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True
False
14. A person affected with dementia often retains the skill of social chit chat.
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True
False
15. For a person affected with dementia, their field of vision gets smaller and smaller
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True
False
16. Dementia is an “umbrella” term that covers 85-90 different conditions.
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True
False
17. Select any from below that are the “Four Truths” about dementia:
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At least 2 parts of the brain area are actively dying.
It is progressive and will get worse
Drugs like Namenda can slow the progression of the disease.
It is terminal and results in death.
18. Dementia affects 1 of 5 families in the U.S.
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True
False
19. The most common type of dementia is:
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Vascular
Alzheimer’s
Lewy Body
20. Depression and other mental health issues increase the chance of developing dementia.
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True
False
21. Please choose the correct definition of “confabulation”
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When the brain shrinks
When the brain makes up memory to fill in the gaps
When a person responds negatively to a situation
22. Stress and duress can cause changes in the brain similar to mild cognitive impairment of early Alzheimer’s:
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True
False
23. A healthy response to viewing images of the brain is to:
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Focus on what’s missing
Focus on what remains
24. MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment) is the first sign of dementia.
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True
False
25. Hand under Hand technique requires practice.
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True
False
26. Teepa created the GEMS to serve as a classification model that focuses on what remains, rather than what is lost in the disease.
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True
False
27. “In the Right Setting, with the Right Care, All GEMS can Shine”
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True
False
28. Please choose what best describes a Sapphire:
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Normal aging
Likes authority
Stuck in a moment of time
29. Please choose what best describes an Emerald:
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May resist care
Needs help, but doesn’t know it
Ability to meet the changing needs of others
30. Please choose what best describes a Pearl:
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Ruled by Reflexes
Messes and mistakes
Likes company
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