Cognitive Screening

Researchers have found a 38% rate of documented cognitive screening across post-acute care settings and therapy disciplines. Standardized assessments are rarely documented, they say.

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The training includes four virtual, on-demand courses that give providers an overview of key clinical considerations for performing these assessments in the nursing home setting, the agency announced.

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Positive delirium screenings in new SNF residents often lead to inappropriate dementia diagnoses — even in those who are cognitively healthy, investigators contend.

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Can dementia screening harm a patient’s mental health? Not according to a study of diverse Indiana primary clinics.

A brief cognitive screening combined with an olfactory test may rule out future dementia in people with mild cognitive impairment, say researchers.