Clinical Practice Guideline for Dementia. Part I: Diagnosis & Evaluation
Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea. (2011).
Seoul (South Korea): Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea, 2-117.
This guideline provides recommendations for best practice in areas of epidemiology, evaluation, symptoms, activities of daily living, and diagnosis for professionals involved in the care of individuals with dementia.
Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea
<div>"A brief cognitive assessment is aimed at the early evaluation of patients in the screening of dementia and/or history taking" (Level B Evidence; p. 63).</div>
<div>Cognitive assessment of individuals with dementia "should be performed with standardized tools and include memory, language, attention and concentration, judgment, calculation, executive functioning, and visuospatial abilities" (Level B Evidence; p. 63) and "should include a global cognitive measure and in addition more detailed testing of individual cognitive domains" (Level C Evidence; p. 82).</div>
