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The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
and executive functions ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Dementia #SLUMS ... #Examination #Score ... #Assessment
MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment 

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Dementia #Montreal #Cognitive #Assessment #MoCA #MSE #Evaluation #Score
Montreal Cognitive Assessment ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Dementia #Montreal ... #Cognitive #Assessment ... MSE #Evaluation #Score
SLU Mental Status Examination Tool
What does the SLU Mental Status Exam Test Do?
Q1-Q3: Attention, immediate recall,
and executive function ... extrapolation #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Dementia #SLUMS ... #Examination #Assessment ... #Score
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
Lewy Body Dementia ... Dementia should ... and visuospatial function ... Core features: ... pathophysiology #geriatrics
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
neuropsychological assessment ... impaired executive functions ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... Workup #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
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 ... into changes in function ... Scale #CFS #Tips #Geriatrics
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
#FAST #Stage #Score ... #Alzheimers #Dementia ... #Functional #Assessment ... Hospice #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
Recurrent Falls Core ... the integrated function ... imbalance when turning ... Examples: - Dementia ... Differential #Evaluation #Geriatrics