In this section we have provided you with a series of questions that you may find useful checking understanding of some of the key messages and points. There are 11 questions in this self-assessment section.
1. How many people are there in the UK with dementia at the moment?
The correct answer is B.
This was mentioned in Section 1: Services for Older People with Mental Health Problems.
2. What proportion of people with moderate or severe dementia lives in a care home?
The correct answer is A.
This was mentioned in Section 1: Services for Older People with Mental Health Problems.
3. UK policy aims to support older people with mental ill health to remain in their own homes, promote independence and provide integrated health and social care services.
The correct answer is True.
This was mentioned in Section 1: Services for Older People with Mental Health Problems.
4. A care pathway provides a route through health and social care services for older people with mild, moderate and severe mental health problems.
The correct answer is True.
This was mentioned in Section 2: The Care Pathway.
5. Primary care services do not provide care to people in the early stages of dementia.
The correct answer is True. I
This was mentioned in Section 2: The Care Pathway.
6. What is the formal name of the social services assessment of need for vulnerable adults and their carers?
7. Older people who gain access to specialist services tend to have more serious mental health problems and/or complex needs.
The correct answer is True. The majority of people who get help from specialist services such as community mental health teams, day hospitals and intermediate care services.
This was mentioned in Section 2: The Care Pathway.
8. Family carers who provide low levels of support to a relative with dementia are able to ask their social services department for an assessment of need.
The correct answer is False.
In fact only those carers providing ‘intensive and substantial’ levels of support are eligible for an assessment of need from their social services department. This is enshrined in a number of related pieces of legislation intended to promote the provision of support to family carers.This was mentioned in Section 2: The Care Pathway.
The correct answer is C. In addition approximately 40% of all older people who are in patients have dementia; 53% have depression
This was mentioned in Section 2: The Care Pathway.
10. A wide range of mainstream and specialist services for older people with mental health problems are universally available, accessible and integrated.
The correct answer is False. Whilst there is widespread commitment to developing universally available and accessible integrated mainstream and specialist services for older people with mental health problems, much work needs to be done to achieve this goal.
This was mentioned in Section 3: Cross Cutting Issues
11. Improving the quality of care homes is a key aim of current health policy in the UK. The agency tasked with setting standards and ensuring these are met, or exceeded, is entitled ...........
The correct answer is B
This was mentioned in Section 3: Cross Cutting Issues.