S3, EP-6 Cognitive Assessment Tools

Our team of Dementia Training Australia’s GP Educators, Steph Daly, Marita Long and Hilton Koppe discuss the strengths and weaknesses of cognitive assessment tools, and how they can be optimally used in the assessment of people with possible cognitive impairment. Standardised Mini Mental State Exam (SMMSE) The test: Guidelines for administration and scoring instructions: GP Assessment of Cognition (GPCog) Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA) Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) CogD Risk Homepage - Factsheets - IQ Code Clock Drawing Test Trailmaking A and B tests Snellgrove Maze Test Dementia Training Australia Providing education for GPs and other health practitioners GP resource page - DTA home page - Dementia Australia Providing support, information and services for people living with dementia, carers, family and health professionals National Dementia Helpline – 1800100500 Forward with Dementia A guide for the first year after diagnosis Dementia Support Australia (DSA) Dementia Support Australia (DSA) provides the Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service (DBMAS) and Severe Behaviour Response Teams (SBRT) nationwide. 24 hour Helpline 18000699799 Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre Master of Dementia Program - Understanding Dementia: free online course - Preventing Dementia: free online course - Carers Australia Carers Australia is the national peak body representing Australia’s unpaid carers, advocating on their behalf to influence policies and services at a national level. Phone 1800242636 RACGP Silver Book Medical care of older persons in residential aged care facilities (Silver Book) aims to provide GPs and other health professionals including residential aged care nurses, with a resource for delivering quality health care in residential aged care facilities. key-racgp-guidelines/view-all-racgp-guidelines/silver-book RACGP Red Book - Guidelines for preventative activities in general practice - Dementia key-racgp-guidelines/view-all-racgp-guidelines/red-book/ preventive-activities-in-older-age/dementia My Aged Care - dementia resources conditions/dementia Austroads Assessing fitness to drive in people living with dementia and cognitive impairment

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S3, EP-6 Cognitive Assessment Tools is an episode from Dementia in Practice by Margaret Winbolt.

This episode is 26:58 long.

This episode was published on Jul 17, 2024.

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