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The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
the Elderly - Dementia ... disability) #WeightLoss
MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment 

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia #Montreal #Cognitive #Assessment #MoCA #MSE #Evaluation #Score
Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia ... MSE #Evaluation #Score
Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
• Abuse • Dementia ... #Weight #Loss #WeightLoss
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
be eligible for hospice ... eligibility for hospice ... #FAST #Stage #Score ... #Alzheimers #Dementia ... Staging #Test #Hospice
Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
Score one point for each correct response within each question or activity.

#MMSE #Mini
Examination (MMSE) Score ... Examination #diagnosis #dementia
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
tool to detect dementia ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia ... #Examination #Score
Unintentional Weight Loss - History and Workup

Complete Physical Exam - Often overlooked components: Lymph nodes, Mental
Mental status / dementia ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #WeightLoss
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
Lewy Body Dementia ... Findings Lewy Body Dementia ... Dementia should ... visuospatial function Core ... #LewyBody #Dementia
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't
5 Dementia hospice eligibility • Stage 7 or beyond according to the FAST scale • Unable
5 Dementia hospice ... patients with dementia ... evaluation of hospice ... Geriatrics #Palliative #Dementia ... #Hospice #Eligibility