Mandatory Care Training – Dementia Awareness

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IMPORTANT: Learners need to get at least 75% correct (15 correct answers) to gain their certificate. There are 20 questions, please indicate by checking the box which questions are True or False:

1. Dementia is an illness, sometimes referred to as brain failure.*

True
False

2. Dementia can be associated to a person’s race, gender or culture.*

True
False

3. The cause of dementia, as yet, remains unknown.*

True
False

4. Alzheimer’s is not a type of dementia.*

True
False

5. Huntington’s is a type of dementia.*

True
False

6. Difficulty in expressing thoughts could be a symptom of dementia.*

True
False

7. There is no cure for Alzheimer’s.*

True
False

8. There is no need to listen carefully to people with dementia.*

True
False

9. 90% of all communication is non-verbal.*

True
False

10. Loss of memory causes no distress to people suffering dementia.*

True
False

11. Dementia affects people from all walks of life.*

True
False

12. A person with dementia may display a variety of symptoms.*

True
False

13. If a person with dementia shouts at you, then you should shout back.*

True
False

14. We should support the relationships of a person with dementia.*

True
False

15. A person with dementia has a life history that is important.*

True
False

16. There is no need for service user’s information to be kept confidential.*

True
False

17. It is acceptable to destroy evidence with regard to an abuse claimed.*

True
False

18. A person with dementia may be repetitive in actions and speech.*

True
False

19. You should take insults from a person with dementia personally.*

True
False

20. Dementia is not an inevitable consequence of getting older.*

True
False