What Is Senile Dementia
Health Encyclopedia: Mental Status Tests
Memory; Word comprehension; Orientation; Attention span; Cognitive tests
Normal Values
- Orientation to person, place, and time
- Normal attention span
- Intact recent memory
- Intact remote memory
- Normal word comprehension, reading, and writing
- Intact judgment
What abnormal results mean
Each test can identify different possible problems, as described below.
ORIENTATION
Typically, orientation to time is first to be lost,...
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