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What % of TBI's are mTBI's? - 75%
What did the Olmsted Act do? - Deinstitutionalization- least restrictive environment
What is an IEP? - Individualized Education Plan: legal contract between a school and
family
What causes the most TBI's? - Falls
What is a major cause of sexual dysfunction? - Neuroendocrine changes ; hypothalamus
& pituitary damage
What % of the general population has a diagnosis of substance use disorder? - About
10%
What group benefits most from substance abuse screening & brief intervention? - Low
severity TBI with low substance use disorder (quadrant 1)
CAGE acronym - cut down, annoyed, guilty, eye opener
What lobes process sensory info from the body? - Parietal & Occipital
What group has the highest rate of caregiver stress? - Spouses: Husbands
In moderate to severe TBI fatigue ________ over time - Persists
A degenerative condition resulting from multiple TBI results in Tao proteins - CTE
Criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer's - Functional Deficits
Define TBI - Open or closed head injuries resulting in impairments in one or more areas
such as cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment,
problem solving, sensory, perpetual, and motor abilities; psychosocial behavior, physical
, functions, information processing and speech. The term does not apply to brain injuries that are
congenital or degenerative or induced by birth trauma.
What is the first step in care management? - Assessment
What causes pressure sores? - Dependence on others for rotation
COLDER acronym - Character, onset, location, duration, exacerbating factors, relieving
factors
What does the increased # of neurosynapses do? - Heightens alertness and awareness
Rehab Act of 1973 - The first federal civil rights legislation for people with disabilities. The
law also prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in hiring, placement, and
promotion decisions
Age group that age maturation occurs the most - Under 4
Family centered care -
Person centered care -
Definition of culture - Any group that shares a theme or set of issues; can entail social
mores from countries of origin, as well as languages, food, clothing, music, art, dance, the
influence of history and traditions; these social mores and historical traditions and beliefs are
handed down from one generation to another
What symptoms of TBI also look like depression? Why does misdiagnosis happen? -
Fatigue, lack of initiation, poor hygiene
power of attorney - A legal document in which a competent person (the principal)
appoints another (the agent) it act for him in legal and financial matters
Students transition out of school plan & criteria for the doc - Individual Transition Plan
(ITP)
What is the criteria for military personal to return for duty? - Soldiers performance under
exertion
Social Security Act of 1935 - A federal law, that provides cash benefits and health care
plans for individuals who are aged , disabled, and those with low income
Medicare - a federal insurance program for persons over the age of 65 and qualified
disabled or blind persons regardless of income