A Brief Dementia Screen and Test for Early Alzheimer's disease adapted from Mendiondo, Ashford, Kryscio, Schmitt, 2003 (from http://www.medafile.com/ )
DATE: TIME (24hr):
"Please repeat these four words: "BALL", "FLAG", "PENNY", "TREE".
"So that you will remember these words, repeat them again." (prompt missed words)
1. What is today's date? Correct:[]; within 5 days:[]; > 5 days off:[]
2. Name as many animals as you can (stop after 30 seconds)
0 [] 1 [] 2 [] 3 [] 4 [] 5 [] 6 [] 7 [] 8 [] 9 [] 10 [] 11 [] 12 [] 13 [] 14 [] 15 [] 16 [] 17 [] 18 [] 19 [] 20 [] 21 [] 22 [] 23 [] + []
3. Spell the word "WORLD" backwards:
correct wrong
D [] [] L [] [] R [] [] O [] [] W [] []
4. What were the 3 words that I asked you to repeat? (click if recalled correctly) correct wrong "BALL" [] [] "FLAG" [] [] "PENNY" [] [] "TREE" [] []
(date: correct = 6, close = 3)
(total = date + animals + # of letters correct + 3*recall)
TOTAL SCORE:
SCORING: 0 - 19 = FURTHER DEMENTIA EVALUATION 20 - 23 = ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS 24 - = DEMENTIA UNLIKELY
SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL SCREENING QUESTIONS:
TEXT for RECORDS (click here):