Health Sciences 4711A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Dementia, Health Literacy, Long-Term Care

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From battlefield to home: a mobile platform for assessing brain health. Cognitive testing batteries have been used for decades to diagnose deficits associated with conditions such as head injury, age-related cognitive decline, & stroke: also used for educational evaluation & planning. Cognitive testing usually: office-based, administered by professional, paper & pencil, reports results as summary scores, (cid:862)o(cid:374)e-shot deal(cid:863) identify presence & severity of cognitive deficit. Brain regulates breathing, heart rate, bp, & receives info from environment, interprets it, and guides appropriate responses to stimuli. Orga(cid:374)is(cid:373)"s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to pro(cid:272)ess e(cid:454)ter(cid:374)al i(cid:374)fo i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t for survival. Cognitive efficiency= how quickly & accurately one can process info: led to development of tools to measure various aspects of brain health and function, done by neuropsychologists. September-december 2016: limitations of traditional approaches to cog. testing, opportunities for mobile assessment of brain health, mobile platforms for patient centered cognitive assessment, re-thinking data and outcomes. Identification of deficit required before interventions can be implemented.

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