1. Verbal Fluency:
3. NAMING AND WORD FINDING: Parts of Objects
5. NEW LEARNING ABILITY (four unrelated words).
State the first column of words, patient repeats them, 5 minutes later they get 2 points for each word and then 10 minutes later they get another 2 points for each one recalled. Use the other column if someone else gave them the test earlier.
b. Honesty (Loyalty) (Happiness)
c. Tulip (Carrot) (Stocking)
d. Eyedropper (Ankle) (Toothbrush)
6. VERBAL STORY FOR IMMEDIATE RECALL
It was July / and the Rogers / had packed up / their four children / in the station wagon / and were off / on vacation.
They were taking / their yearly trip / to the beach / at Gulf Shores.
This year / they were making / a special / one-day stop / at The Aquarium / in New Orleans.
After a long day's drive / they arrived / at the motel / only to discover / that in their excitement / they had left / the twins / and their suitcases / in the front yard.
7. VISUAL MEMORY (HIDE FIVE OBJECTS and Then the Patient tells you what is where)
Object Found
8. PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING (Read Column #1, Read the first word in Column #2, patient must tell you the second word.)
9. CONSTRUCTIONAL ABILITY (Show the patient the picture and let them copy it as they look at it for 3 points if a good representation. 3 points each for constructing the flower in a pot and a house in perspective.
10. WRITTEN COMPLEX CALCULATIONS (Have patient do the calculations on paper)
11. PROVERB INTERPRETATION
a. Don't cry over spilled milk.
b. Rome wasn't built in a day.
c. A golden hammer can break down an iron
door.
d. The hot coal burns, the cold one
blackens.
12. SIMILIATRIES
a.
Turnip.............................Cauliflower
b.
Car................................Airplane
c.
Desk...............................Bookcase
d. Poem..............................Novel
e. Horse..............................Apple
| SCORING | Maximum | Score |
Verbal fluency--animal names
(1 point/2 animals) | 10 points | |
| Verbal comprehension (pointing) | 4 points | |
| Naming--parts of objects | 5 points | |
| Orientation Date | 2 points | |
| Orientation Day | 2 points | |
| Orientation Month | 1 point | |
| Orientation Year | 1 point | |
| Unrelated Words (2 Points Each 5 Minutes) | 16 points | |
| Unrelated Words (2 Points Each 10 Minutes) |
| Story (1 point = 1 remembered item) | 13 points | |
| Hidden Objects (1 point each) | 5 points | |
| Story (1 point = 1 remembered item) | 13 points | |
| Hidden Objects (1 point each) | 5 points | |
| Paired Associate Learning | 8 points | |
Drawings
Pipe, daisy, house | 9 points | |
| Calculations (written) | 4 points | |
| Proverbs | 10 points | |
| Similarities | 10 points | |
| Individuals Falling within
Normal Scores |
| Age Group | Mean Score (standard deviation) |
| 40-59 | |
| 50-59 | |
| Patients with Alzheimer's
Disease |
| Stage | Mean Score (standard deviation) |
| I | 57.2 (9.1) |
| II | 37.0 (7.8) |
| III | 13.4 (8.1) |