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What is the definition of 'Mnemonic'?
What is ACL 1 known as?
Awareness and Automatic Actions
At ACL 2, patients require maximum assistance around the clock.
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What activities can patients at ACL 3 perform?
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What type of activities can ACL 4 patients complete with minimum assistance?
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Which ACL level allows for learning new activities?
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Study Notes
Allen Cognitive Levels Overview
- Mnemonic for cognitive levels: Automatic, Postural, Manual, Goal-directed, Exploratory, Purposeful.
ACL 1: Awareness and Automatic Actions
- Cognition: Profoundly impaired, attention span of only seconds.
- Requires total assistance for basic actions: swallowing, locating stimuli, or rolling in bed.
- Focus on sensory stimulation in treatment.
ACL 2: Gross Body Movements and Postural Actions
- Cognition: Severely impaired with attention lasting about 3 minutes.
- Maximum assistance needed for postural actions and gross movements.
- Treatment involves multi-sensory activities like rhythmic movement to music in a calm environment.
ACL 3: Manual Actions and Repetitive Actions
- Cognition: Severely impaired with attention span of around 30 minutes.
- Moderate assistance required for safety and task completion; supervision is crucial.
- Uses tactile cues for spontaneous actions; running stitch technique can be used.
ACL 4: Familiar Activity and Goal-directed
- Cognition: Moderately impaired, attention span can extend up to 1 hour.
- Minimum assistance necessary for familiar tasks; patients struggle with error recognition unless visually evident.
- Treatment involves providing visual cues and assistance in error correction; focus on goal-directed activities.
ACL 5: Learning New Activity and Exploratory
- Cognition: Mildly impaired with attention lasting weeks.
- Standby assistance is needed for new activities; new learning through trial and error.
- Treatment may require memory and planning aids; must address impulsive behavior and poor judgment.
ACL 6: Planning New Activity and Conceptual
- Cognition: No global impairment; patient is independent.
- Can anticipate and prevent mistakes; demonstrates good judgment.
- Capable of planning activities based on personal desires and priorities.
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