What are the signs and symptoms of dementia?
Decline in memory
Incoherent language
Anomia
Difficulty with ADLs
How would you assess dementia?
Screen with MoCA
ABCD
CADL-2
Global deterioration scale?
What would results be?
Confirm impairment first, and then would look at each area….
What are treatment possibilities?
Spaced retrieval
Memory book
Cog stimulation
What are possible goals?
Spaced retrieval to recall important info
Train in recall and use of memory book