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31. Essay Question: Clive Wearing’s Memory Problems Background: Clive Wearing, a former musician and conductor, suffers from one of the most severe cases of amnesia ever recorded. After contracting a brain infection (herpes encephalitis) in 1985, Wearing experienced significant damage to his hippocampus and surrounding areas, resulting in profound anterograde amnesia and partial retrograde amnesiaDescribe the types of memory issues he may experience due to his brain damage. Explain the specific problems he might face and any skills or abilities he may retain.Provide insights on how this type of brain damage could impact his life.

20. Sensory memory retains information for several minutes.

You are a prisoner in a room with 2 doors and 2 guards. One of the doors will guide you to freedom and behind the other is a hangman–you don’t know which is which, but the guards do know. One of the guards always tells the truth and the other always lies. You don’t know which one is the truth-teller or the liar either. However both guards know each other. You have to choose and open one of these doors, but you can only ask a single question to one of the guards. What do you ask to find the door leading to freedom?

Valerie is making a corral with 700 feet of fencing.  She is making a rectangular corral and then using two lines of fencing to divide it into three equally sized rectangular pens. (See image).  What dimensions should the corral have in order to maximize the total area of the Corrals?  

Find the Horizontal or Oblique Asymptote  

In a patient with diabetes mellitus, when the body does not produce enough (or any) insulin, it may result in

The best way to ensure competence in administering an assessment is to ________. 

An occupational therapist outlines the general steps needed to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, including gathering materials, spreading peanut butter on one slice of bread, spreading jelly on another, putting the slices together, and cutting the sandwich in half. The therapist is analyzing the activity broadly without focusing on any individual client’s specific needs, preferences, or environment. This type of analysis is BEST described as ___________.

You performed a top-down evaluation in the acute care setting. You identified through the chart review that the patient is admitted following spinal surgery, their pain is being managed with pain medication,  and they have activity precautions. The physician requested an OT evaluation to assess ADL participation and safety for homegoing. You spent 30 minutes in the patient’s room for your initial bedside evaluation. Overall, the chart review process was extensive due to the patient’s social history, your assessment revealed 4 performance deficits, and your detailed assessment revealed that there are multiple treatment options available. Minimal to moderate task modifications will be necessary for the patient to safely perform ADLs after discharge. What evaluation CPT code would you bill for this patient? 

Code 06 – Independent – The patient completes the activity by him/herself without any assistance from a helper. Code 05 – Setup or clean-up assistance:  The patient completes the activity and a helper assists prior to or following the activity but not during the activity. Code 04 – Supervision or touching assistance:  The patient completes the activity, but a helper has to supervise the patient, provide verbal cues, or provide touching assistance, steadying assistance or contact guard assistance. Code 03 – Partial/Moderate assistance:  The patient completes the activity with the assistance of a helper who provides less than half of the effort. Code 02 – Substantial/Maximal assistance:  The patient completes the activity with the assistance of a helper who provides more than half of the effort. Code 01 – Dependent:  The patient provides none of the effort to complete the activity or needs two or more helpers to complete the activity. For the following question, please use the Section GG codes above. Tina requires a helper to retrieve her socks and shoes. She puts on both socks and both shoes without any assistance. What is Tina’s GG code?