1. Name below the type of dementia which has the following characteristics

The person will commonly experience hallucinations and delusions
The person may react badly to anti-psychotic medications

2. Choose answers a, b, c, or d to the following questions below

a) Frontal lobe
b) Temporal lobe
c) Parietal lobe
d) Occipital lobe

i. Which lobe of the brain is important for saving information and making new memories?
ii. Which lobe of the brain helps to organise your body in space?
iii. Which lobe of the brain helps make sense of visual information?
iv. Which lobe of the brain helps to regulate behaviour?

3. List below 3 ways that carers of people with dementia may be affected as a result of their caring role?

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4. Who was one of the first people to challenge the way that people with dementia were treated?

a) Sigmund Freud
b) Carl Jung
c) Tom Kitwood
d) Alois Alzheimer

5. Name in the circles below the 5 psychological needs that maintain well-being.

6. Give 3 examples of both non verbal and verbal communication skills which significantly help when communicating with the person with dementia.
Non–verbal:

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Verbal:

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7. Identify and include the missing principle of the Mental Capacity Act from the following list

A presumption of capacity – every adult has the right to make his or her own decisions and must be assumed to have capacity to do so unless it is proved otherwise
Individuals being supported to make their own decisions – a person must be given all practicable help before anyone treats them as not being able to make their own decisions.
Unwise decisions – people have the right to make decisions that others might regard as unwise or eccentric.
Less restrictive option – someone making a decision or acting on behalf of a person who lacks capacity must consider whether it is possible to decide or act in a way that would interfere less with the person’s rights and freedoms of action.

8. Circle true or false to the following.

i. A person who has delirium will often be confused and disorientated

True / False

ii. A person will dementia will never suffer from delirium as they are two separate conditions

True/ False

iii. Being depressed will cause a person to develop dementia

True / False

iv. Delirium takes a long time to develop

True / False

9. List 3 possible side effects of anti psychotic medication:

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10. You have learnt it is essential to maintain the physical health of the person with dementia as this will impact on well being. For example, checking that the person is not experiencing pain using pain assessment tools. Name 3 other ways you might help a person stay physically well.

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