Clionsky, Mitchell I., Clionsky, Emilymarie

Objectives: Accurate, economical identification of cognitive impairment would increase dementia detection and improve care of older patients.; Design: Analysis of archival neuropsychological data combined 3-word recall, time orientation, list memory, and clock drawing into the Memory Orientation Screening Test (MOST ™). The MOST was compared with Folstein Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Mini-Cog to […]

Wong, Shui Sang, Fong, Kenneth Nai Kuen

Background: The objectives of this study were to examine the reliability and validity of a 26-point telephone version of the Cantonese Mini-mental State Examination (T-CMMSE) for a sample of 65 elderly patients, comprising 31 patients without dementia and 34 patients with dementia, in an acute regional hospital in Hong Kong, and to identify an optimal […]

Raetz, Paige B., LeBlanc, Linda A., Baker, Jonathan C., Hilton, Laura C.

Paired-stimulus preference assessments have been used effectively with individuals with dementia to identify stimuli to increase engagement and to minimize negative affect and problem behavior.We evaluated whether a multiple-stimulus without replacement preference assessment could be used with older adults with dementia and whether preferences remained stable over time. Seven participants completed preference assessments and confirmatory […]

Price, Catherine C., Cunningham, Holly, Coronado, Nicole, Freedland, Alana, Cosentino, Stephanie, Penney, Dana L., Penisi, Alfio, Bowers, Dawn, Okun, Michael S., Libon, David J.

Background: Clock drawing is part of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test but may have administration and scoring limitations. We assessed (1) the reliability of the MoCA clock criteria relative to a published error scoring approach, (2) whether command-only administration could distinguish dementia from cognitively intact individuals and (3) the value of adding a clock […]