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Occupational Therapy Assistant

Category - Implementing Interventions

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Dorothy has Stage 2 Alzheimer’s disease. She expresses her concerns to you about her memory problems and worries about becoming more forgetful in the future. She asks you for ideas to help her remember things at home. What do you recommend to Dorothy?
  1. Use a wall calendar to write down appointments and events.
  2. Store frequently used phone numbers in the one-touch dial function of the telephone or keep a list of frequently used phone numbers next to the phone.
  3. Use a kitchen timer to time everything she cooks.
  4. All of the above.
Explanation
Answer: D. You recommend to Dorothy that she uses a wall calendar to write down appointments and events, programs her phone with frequently used phone numbers or keeps a list of phone numbers by the phone, and uses a kitchen timer every time she cooks something. These are all simple adaptations to compensate for mild memory loss.
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