Dementia Assessment

The reason why I chose the assessment I did was because it focused on different cognitive domains. This test is taking to see if they have early signs of dementia. I thought it would be a good assessment to give because it was straightforward and well put together. The focus on this test was attention, executive functions, memory, and calculations. The assessment gave you two parts of the assessment the instructions that go along with the exam. I also liked that they gave you examples of what the answers could be correct or incorrect and they also wrote down the timings of each section if needed. I also liked that they made it clear and easy to give directions to the client with the instructions that they provided. The person that I chose was my mom and her age is 56. When asking if …show more content…
Before the assessment they say that 26 or higher is considered normal. Which I think 25 is still good and overall I would say normal being one point away from the norm that they expect. After looking up what others considered to be normal was 25 or higher. The results I thought overall were good. I really liked oh well put together it was and the sections they provided on the test which were visuospatial, naming, memory, attention language, abstraction, orientation, and delayed recall. The education that I provided before the assessment was what to expect and the different categories we were going to be working on. During the assessment the education that I provided was what the instruction had me say which were clear and easy to follow for the client. After the end of the assessment that information that I gave her on the questions she had was the helping her step-by-step draw the cube. While giving the assessment I was a little shaky at first, but the instructions that were provided did a great job with making it clear on scoring, examples, and helping explain to the client what had to be done for each section of the assessment. Overall I thought it got easier to give as we went