Resources on Standardized Instruments for Assessment of People with Dementia Purpose of Name of Where and Advantages Disadvantages Link to resource Instrument instrument When Used Brief Objective Mini-Mental Outpatient Well known, used Copyright protected Measure of Status clinic settings extensively in studies Cost to use is $1.00 per use. Cognitive Examination Residential Falling out of favor because Function (MMSE) care settings of cost Mini-Cog Home care Brief and simple to May be difficult to explain to administer includes family or older adults how – clock drawing and test relates to “real-world” memory test. function Good reliability and validity Note these General Contains both cognitive Developed outside US less – – tests have not Practitioner assessment and informant well-known been validated Assessment of interview for use in Cognition acute care hospitals, Montreal Probes a larger number of Longer administration time although you Cognitive cognitive function than Mini-Cog may see them Assessment domains used in these (MOCA) Good for highly educated settings people St. Louis Valid in people with lower Administration time similar University educational levels to MOCA Mental Status test (SLUMS) Brief Interview Residential for Mental Long-Term Status (BIMS) Care Dementia Functional Community or Oldest available staging Some find the multiple Staging Assessment Residential system stages too complex, and Staging of Care Settings prefer a classification system
Resources on Standardized Instruments for Assessment of People with Dementia Purpose of Instrument Name of instrument Where and When Used Advantages Disadvantages Link to resource Brief Objective Measure of Cognitive Function Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) Outpatient clinic settings Residential care settings Home care Note – these tests have not been validated for use in acute care hospitals, although you may see them used in these settings Well known, used extensively in studies Copyright protected Cost to use is $1.00 per use. Falling out of favor because of cost Mini-Cog Brief and simple to administer – includes clock drawing and memory test. Good reliability and validity May be difficult to explain to family or older adults how test relates to “real-world” function General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition Contains both cognitive assessment and informant interview Developed outside US – less well-known Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) Probes a larger number of cognitive function domains Good for highly educated people Longer administration time than Mini-Cog St. Louis University Mental Status test (SLUMS) Valid in people with lower educational levels Administration time similar to MOCA Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) Residential Long-Term Care Dementia Staging Functional Assessment Staging of Community or Residential Care Settings Oldest available staging system Some find the multiple stages too complex, and prefer a classification system
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