Office- and Bedside-based Screening for Cognitive Impairment and the Dementias

Elderly patients and their families are concerned about the patients ’ cognitive abilities, and cognitive screening is an efficient diagnostic tool, as long as clinicians administer the screens in a standardized manner and interpret the screen results accurately. The following brief summary reviews commonly used screening instruments and provides information about how to interpret screening test results. It concludes by showing how cognitive screening fits into a four-step process (Education, Screening, Follow-up, and Referral) of how to respond to patients with cognitive concerns.
Source: Clinics in Geriatric Medicine - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Source Type: research