Cognitive Screening for Dementia

Course #9922L-


Study Points

  1. Examine aspects of aging and impact of longevity relative to Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs).
  2. Identify the impact of dementia on quality of life as it affects management of chronic disease.
  3. Distinguish types of dementia and their symptoms.
  4. Identify types of assessments to address specific age-related changes.
  5. Identify modifiable lifestyle risk factors that can directly impact brain and psychological health.
  6. Examine the role of primary health care in addressing symptoms of dementia and collaborating for proper diagnosis.
  7. Distinguish between various cognitive assessment tools for dementia symptoms.

    1 . Dementia is often incorrectly thought to be
    A) normal aging.
    B) an age-related condition.
    C) a memory-related condition.
    D) an anomaly affecting children.

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    2 . What can be effective tools to identify brain health and functioning issues?
    A) EKG
    B) Lung functioning
    C) Cognitive assessment
    D) Reading tests

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    3 . What is the most common form of dementia?
    A) Vascular dementia
    B) Senility
    C) Frontotemporal dementia
    D) Alzheimer disease

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    4 . Alzheimer disease and related dementias are likely to affect how many people per year?
    A) 60 million
    B) 6 million
    C) 4 million
    D) 160,000

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    5 . How many people in the United States turn 65 daily?
    A) 11,000
    B) 100,000
    C) 15,000
    D) 6,500

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    6 . Which cohort of older adults is the largest?
    A) Age 95+
    B) 85 to 94 years of age
    C) 75 to 84 years of age
    D) 65 to 74 years of age

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    7 . Programs and services for people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias will provide
    A) independence.
    B) activity.
    C) social connection.
    D) All of the above

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    8 . Which of the following is TRUE about Alzheimer disease and related dementias?
    A) Risks increase with age.
    B) They are triggered by a food allergy.
    C) Rates decrease with age.
    D) They lead to improved quality of life.

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    9 . Dementia is an aggregate of symptoms that
    A) impair memory, affect thinking, and promote social connection.
    B) expand short-term memory, limit speech, and affect thinking.
    C) impair memory, affect thinking, and interfere with social abilities.
    D) limit vision, support thinking, and impair memory.

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    10 . Psychological changes that occur with dementia include
    A) hallucinations and delusions.
    B) improved communication.
    C) activities of daily living.
    D) spirits and delusions.

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    11 . Historically, diagnosis for Alzheimer disease was purely
    A) eye movements.
    B) biological.
    C) logical reasoning.
    D) critical thinking.

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    12 . Identifying early indicators of dementia can potentially
    A) mitigate arthritis symptoms.
    B) avoid disease completely.
    C) minimize symptoms and extend symptom-free years.
    D) enable curative treatment.

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    13 . With Lewy Body dementia, medication can
    A) improve symptoms.
    B) pause disease.
    C) exacerbate symptoms.
    D) develop into frailty.

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    14 . Cognitive screening tools should be
    A) practical and feasible.
    B) impractical and sensitive.
    C) valid and impractical.
    D) unreliable and applicable.

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    15 . What is a limitation to cognitive assessments?
    A) Patients decline.
    B) Caregiver is reluctant.
    C) Primary care providers lack training.
    D) Primary care providers are too busy.

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    16 . Which screening tool is preferred by primary care physicians?
    A) MoCA
    B) MMSE
    C) Mini-Cog
    D) LASSI-D

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    17 . Which screening tool should be used for vascular dementia?
    A) VMoCA
    B) VMini-Cog
    C) VADAS-Cog
    D) VLASSI-D

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    18 . Next-generation cognitive assessments involve
    A) steroids and MRI.
    B) Microsoft Word and Excel.
    C) data from cognitive assessments and neuroimaging technology.
    D) There are no next-generation cognitive assessments.

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    19 . The Short Form of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly is completed by
    A) the primary care physician.
    B) a neurologist.
    C) a person who knows the patient well.
    D) the patient.

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    20 . Mild cognitive impairment diagnosis should be conducted in a what type of approach?
    A) Holistic
    B) Focused
    C) Specialized
    D) Minimalistic

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    21 . Cognitive assessments do not reveal or diagnose
    A) root causes of any impairment.
    B) location of impairment.
    C) severity or stage of the impairment.
    D) All of the above

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    22 . While there is no cure for Alzheimer disease and some other dementias, ongoing research, prevention awareness campaigns, and supportive living accommodations can potentially impact
    A) denial of a cure.
    B) identification of available therapies.
    C) lack of available experts.
    D) money spent.

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    23 . Development of healthcare programs and interventions for ADRDs can help support
    A) social connection and activities.
    B) dependency of social programs.
    C) improved communication.
    D) lack of interest in wellness.

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    24 . Early assessment and diagnosis will NOT
    A) reduce risk.
    B) prevent disease.
    C) stop disease.
    D) eliminate cures.

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    25 . Dementia is an aggregate of symptoms that includes
    A) improved memory.
    B) impaired memory.
    C) improved thinking.
    D) increased reading ability.

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