Understanding Learning Disabilities

The term ‘dementia’ means

Everyone has dementia when they get older.

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease.

Dementia can not be treated.

Which of the following functions of the brain are most likely to be affected by dementia?

Dementia can cause behavioural and personality changes.

Some symptoms of dementia are similar to those of delirium.

Age-related memory impairment is the same as dementia.

There are similarities between some signs of depression and dementia.

If a person is confused, this might mean they have

Which model of disability limits the choice of an individual according to the options provided and approved by professionals?

The social model of disability encourages people with dementia to be proactive in the fight for equality and inclusion.

Which of these models is vigorously rejected by most people who understand what disability is all about?

Everyone who has dementia would like the condition viewed as a disability.

There are both advantages and disadvantages to dementia being seen as a disability.

Advantages of dementia being viewed as a disability include that people

Which of these are possible causes of dementia?

A common symptom or sign of dementia is

Risk factors associated with dementia (or with conditions that can lead to it) include

The two most common types of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body.

The most common type of dementia is frontotemporal

Vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease make up 65% – 90% of all cases.

Frontotemporal is the least common type of dementia.

Which of these factors might affect how a person experiences dementia?

The attitudes of those around someone with dementia have little impact on that person’s experience of the condition once it is in the later stages.

Dementia brought on by a brain injury may cause a more rapid deterioration in a person’s abilities than with other types.

People with disabilities will find their experience of dementia easier to cope with than others.

The symptoms of delirium that are similar to those of dementia tend to develop much more quickly.

Many people with Alzheimer’s disease can live full and active lives for many years.

There is sometimes an age requirement of 65 for people to receive care for dementia.

People with dementia who have a close and caring support network are more likely to feel

A person-centred approach to support means

Person-centred care involves

Taking a person-centred approach to supporting a person can help to improve their spiritual and physical well-being.

What benefits are there to taking a person-centred approach to the care of people with dementia?

What role do carers of people with dementia have when working in a person-centred way?

Why is developing good working relationships with others in the support network (eg family and friends) beneficial to individuals with dementia?

Once a person with dementia enters residential care, they will no longer need the support of their family and friends.

What supporting roles are family and friends most likely to play once the individual’s physical care is provided by staff in a residential home?

You would contact a physiotherapist if you were concerned about a person’s mental health.

You would contact a neurologist in relation to problems with a person’s brain health or nervous system.

You would contact a care manager to discuss a person’s service or support plan.

You would contact an audiologist if you had concerns about a person’s mobility.

You should ask the person for whom you provide care for their opinions about the support they want to receive.

People with dementia have to be cared for in a residential facility.

Providing person-centred support means respecting every person’s individuality.

The relationship between a carer and a person with dementia will always stay the same throughout the progress of the condition.

In the middle to late stages of dementia, a person might need help with

Many people with early-stage dementia can live independently and continue to work.