Title: Recognize a client's mental status.
Course: Home Health Aide (14053) > Section: Monitoring, Reporting, and Recording a Client's Status

Recognition should include

- changes in mental status
- orientation to person, place, time, and situation
- level of consciousness
- comparison to baseline.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the signs and symptoms of common mental disorders?
- How should a home health aide respond to angry, aggressive behavior from a client?
- When and how should a home health aide report an altered level of consciousness in a client?