cognitive-screening

Revisiting the question: Should older politicians, and other leaders, undergo cognitive testing?

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Nik­ki Haley calls for cog­ni­tive test for old­er politi­cians (The Hill):

For­mer U.S. Ambas­sador to the Unit­ed Nations Nik­ki Haley sug­gest­ed in an inter­view on Thurs­day that lead­ers in the gov­ern­ment who are of an advanced age should under­go a “cog­ni­tive test.” [Read more…] about Revis­it­ing the ques­tion: Should old­er politi­cians, and oth­er lead­ers, under­go cog­ni­tive testing?

To screen, or not to screen (for dementia), that is still the question

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A lead­ing group of med­ical experts on Tues­day declined to endorse cog­ni­tive screen­ing for old­er adults, fuel­ing a debate that has sim­mered for years.

The U.S. Pre­ven­tive Ser­vices Task Force said it could nei­ther rec­om­mend nor oppose cog­ni­tive screen­ing, cit­ing insuf­fi­cient sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence of the practice’s ben­e­fits and harms and call­ing for fur­ther studies.

The task force’s work informs poli­cies set by Medicare and pri­vate insur­ers. Its rec­om­men­da­tions, an accom­pa­ny­ing sci­en­tif­ic state­ment and two edi­to­ri­als were pub­lished Tues­day in the Jour­nal of the Amer­i­can Med­ical Association.

The task force’s new posi­tion comes as con­cern mounts over a ris­ing tide of old­er adults with Alzheimer’s dis­ease and [Read more…] about To screen, or not to screen (for demen­tia), that is still the question

On the value and the limits of cognitive screening, as seen in President Trump’s examination

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Exam­ple clocks, cour­tesy of William Souil­lard-Man­dar et al (2015)

In the News:

Why you may be mis­un­der­stand­ing the men­tal test that Trump passed with fly­ing col­ors (The Wash­ing­ton Post):

“On its sur­face, the Mon­tre­al Cog­ni­tive Assess­ment (MoCA) test seems pret­ty easy. Can you draw a three-dimen­sion­al cube? Can you iden­ti­fy these var­i­ous ani­mals? Can you draw a clock? Can you repeat back the phrase, “The cat always hid under the couch when dogs were in the room”?…The point is not that the test is easy. The point is that an inabil­i­ty to com­plete aspects of the test reveals dif­fer­ent types of men­tal decline. [Read more…] about On the val­ue and the lim­its of cog­ni­tive screen­ing, as seen in Pres­i­dent Trump’s examination

Trend: Increased access to cognitive screenings in primary care settings serving older adults

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healthcareITNov­el Ini­tia­tive Ups Cog­ni­tive Screen­ing in Geri­atric Patients (Med­scape):

“A res­i­dent-run ini­tia­tive in a geri­atric clin­ic clear­ly shows that when screen­ing for cog­ni­tive impair­ment becomes a pri­or­i­ty, to screen all patients opens the door toward time­ly inter­ven­tion and opti­mized out­comes in this high-risk pop­u­la­tion [Read more…] about Trend: Increased access to cog­ni­tive screen­ings in pri­ma­ry care set­tings serv­ing old­er adults

Cogniciti and Johnson & Johnson Innovation partner to improve cognitive screenings for early identification of dementia

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holdingbrainCog­nic­i­ti Announces Col­lab­o­ra­tion with John­son & John­son Inno­va­tion to Eval­u­ate Online Cog­ni­tive Screen­ing to Iden­ti­fy Indi­vid­u­als at Risk for Demen­tia (Bay­crest press release):

“Cog­nic­i­ti Inc., the Toron­to-based devel­op­er of a 20-minute online cog­ni­tive test for adults con­cerned about mem­o­ry changes, today announced a col­lab­o­ra­tion agree­ment with Janssen Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, Inc. to eval­u­ate online screen­ing strate­gies for ear­ly iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of dementia.

The col­lab­o­ra­tion, facil­i­tat­ed by John­son & John­son Inno­va­tion, will explore the poten­tial for [Read more…] about Cog­nic­i­ti and John­son & John­son Inno­va­tion part­ner to improve cog­ni­tive screen­ings for ear­ly iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of dementia

Next: FDA-cleared mobile brain monitoring tools to detect cognitive impairment

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FDA Has Cleared New Cog­ni­tive Screen­ing Tests (Alz­fo­rum):

“The Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion recent­ly cleared, mean­ing it deemed safe, two tests that may help doc­tors screen for cog­ni­tive decline. One is the so-called Cog­ni­sion sys­tem from Neu­ronetrix, a com­pa­ny based in [Read more…] about Next: FDA-cleared mobile brain mon­i­tor­ing tools to detect cog­ni­tive impairment