CAD Therapeutic Techniques and Interventions 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Reminiscence therapy is most effective for:
- Resolving acute medical crises
- Enhancing self-esteem, social connection, and cognitive engagement through reflection on past experiences (Correct answer)
- Improving physical strength and balance
- Teaching new skills to cognitively intact residents
Correct answer: Enhancing self-esteem, social connection, and cognitive engagement through reflection on past experiences
Reminiscence therapy helps residents find meaning, enhance identity, and foster social connection through structured reflection on personal history.
Question 2: Music therapy interventions in long-term care have been shown to:
- Worsen symptoms of dementia
- Reduce agitation, improve mood, and stimulate memory in residents with dementia (Correct answer)
- Benefit only residents with musical training
- Have no documented therapeutic benefits
Correct answer: Reduce agitation, improve mood, and stimulate memory in residents with dementia
Research consistently demonstrates that music interventions reduce agitation, improve mood, and evoke memory in residents with dementia.
Question 3: Pet therapy (animal-assisted activity) in long-term care is known to:
- Increase anxiety in all residents
- Reduce loneliness, lower blood pressure, and improve mood (Correct answer)
- Only benefit residents who previously owned pets
- Pose unmanageable infection control risks
Correct answer: Reduce loneliness, lower blood pressure, and improve mood
Animal-assisted activities are evidence-based interventions that reduce loneliness, improve mood, and offer physical and psychological benefits.
Question 4: Which therapeutic approach focuses on validating the feelings and reality of individuals with dementia?
- Reality orientation
- Validation therapy (Correct answer)
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Reminiscence therapy
Correct answer: Validation therapy
Validation therapy, developed by Naomi Feil, focuses on acknowledging and validating the emotional reality of people with dementia rather than correcting them.
Question 5: Horticultural therapy in long-term care settings primarily benefits residents by:
- Providing a source of facility income through plant sales
- Promoting sensory stimulation, purpose, nurturing, and connection to nature (Correct answer)
- Serving as a low-cost alternative to occupational therapy
- Only benefiting residents with gardening experience
Correct answer: Promoting sensory stimulation, purpose, nurturing, and connection to nature
Horticultural therapy uses gardening and plant-based activities to provide sensory stimulation, a sense of purpose, and therapeutic benefits.
Question 6: Art therapy in long-term care can help residents:
- Only if they have prior formal art training
- Express emotions, reduce stress, and enhance cognitive functioning regardless of artistic skill level (Correct answer)
- Only with physical rehabilitation goals
- Replace all other therapeutic modalities
Correct answer: Express emotions, reduce stress, and enhance cognitive functioning regardless of artistic skill level
Art therapy provides a nonverbal means of emotional expression and cognitive engagement that benefits residents of all skill levels.
CAD Therapeutic Techniques and Interventions 1
Reminiscence therapy is most effective for: