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Neuropsychological assessment with older people
— ecologically valid measures | | Author(s) | Yamna Satgunasingam |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 100, July 2007 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 5-10 |
| Source | http://www.psige.org.uk |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This article outlines measures that are considered to be ecologically valid that could be used in assessing older people, including those with organic impairments such as dementia, for a range of purposes, that require information on how people are likely to perform in everyday life and the nature of their difficulties. The article comments on the following tests: the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test; the Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ); the Autobiographical Memory Interview (AMI); the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS); and the Three-Objects-Three-Places Neuropsychological Test (3O3P). The author notes that many cognitive tests still fail adequately to predict outcomes in everyday functioning. Further research is required to find tests that are appropriate, not too long, and perceived as non-threatening to the client group. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070813215 A |
| Classmark | E: EA: DA: 4C: 64A |
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