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I worked in dementia care for a number of years. When we would get a new admission we would do mini mental state exams to determine a sort of baseline as to whe

by 14 7y ago

I worked in dementia care for a number of years. When we would get a new admission we would do mini mental state exams to determine a sort of baseline as to where they were mentally such as seen here : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gap/cgi-bin/GetPdf.cgi?id=phd001525.1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gap/cgi-bin/GetPdf.cgi... You would ask things like can you tell me today's date. Do you know what season July is in? I will name 3 items have them repeat them and tell them they need to remember them in a little bit. Then you ask again about those objects and see if they can recall. The test goes on and has a bunch of questions which at the end you score. So I could see them doing something similar in this situation where they test cognitive ability and then retest it a month later. These exams I think would be a pretty good baseline to mark improvement.

dragonsngoblins 7y ago
I'm not even thirty and I'd have to stop and think about both of those questions for at least a second. I actually don't know exactly the official boundaries of the seasons (I suppose because they never mattered to me?) I know autumn bleeds into winter into spring, and I know December is in Summer, though where it is in the "official" demarcation of Summer I don't actually know off the top of my head. Now I just feel like I'm mentally deficient in someway
- 14 7y ago
  Lol if you look at the link I provide and scroll down you can take the full test. I can assure you it is pretty straight forward to someone of sound mind. It isn't really meant to trick and some times you have to adjust it a little. Like if I hear you lived along the equator you whole life I probably would ignore the fact that you don't know the seasons well. I guess these tests are not perfect but do shed some light.
  - dragonsngoblins 7y ago
    Hah, I'm sure I actually am of sound mind. I know with the seasons thing I'm weird, and like I said I could probably figure it out if I actually thought about it. Knowing today's date though is something I pretty much can never do unless I've had a reason to be aware of the date recently (some important event either happening soon or having just happened). I actually find it a little odd that other people seem to be so aware of it. I could tell you the day of the week though, because that has more day to day relevance

by 14 7y ago

dragonsngoblins 7y ago

I'm not even thirty and I'd have to stop and think about both of those questions for at least a second. I actually don't know exactly the official boundaries of the seasons (I suppose because they never mattered to me?) I know autumn bleeds into winter into spring, and I know December is in Summer, though where it is in the "official" demarcation of Summer I don't actually know off the top of my head. Now I just feel like I'm mentally deficient in someway

14 7y ago
Lol if you look at the link I provide and scroll down you can take the full test. I can assure you it is pretty straight forward to someone of sound mind. It isn't really meant to trick and some times you have to adjust it a little. Like if I hear you lived along the equator you whole life I probably would ignore the fact that you don't know the seasons well. I guess these tests are not perfect but do shed some light.
- dragonsngoblins 7y ago
  Hah, I'm sure I actually am of sound mind. I know with the seasons thing I'm weird, and like I said I could probably figure it out if I actually thought about it. Knowing today's date though is something I pretty much can never do unless I've had a reason to be aware of the date recently (some important event either happening soon or having just happened). I actually find it a little odd that other people seem to be so aware of it. I could tell you the day of the week though, because that has more day to day relevance