Questions to answer
Please answer the following question.
1. What is assisted living and what services are provided?
2. What is the difference between an assisted living facility and a nursing home?
3. Who is responsible for paying for Assisted Living Services?
4. What levels of care can an assisted living facility provide?
5. Do assisted living facilities provide respite care?
Please define the following Assessment Tools:
SPICES:
GAD-7:
Modified Caregiver Strain Index:
Geriatric Depression Scale:
Hendrich II Fall Risk:
1. What are the clinical manifestations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)?
2. What is the leading cause of COPD?
3. What is the maximum amount of oxygen via nasal cannula that can be administered to a patient with COPD?
4. What types of drugs would be used to treat COPD?
5. What is the function of bronchodilators such as Albuterol?
6. When a patient is to receive both a beta-2 agonist inhaler and inhaled corticosteroid, which medication should be administered first? Why?
7. True or False: COPD can be cured.
Define the following terms:
1. Crackles:
2. Stridor:
3. Wheezes: Dyspnea:
4. Tachypnea:
TD – 7/18