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The SPANS
— a new neuropsychological test to be normed on older adults | | Author(s) | Gerald H Burgess |
| Journal title | Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) Newsletter, no 131, July 2015 |
| Publisher | British Psychological Society, July 2015 |
| Pages | pp 10-15 |
| Source | www.bps.org.uk |
| Keywords | Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Dementia ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The author plans to extend the upper range of the Short Parallel Assessments of Neuropsychological Status (SPANS) test from age 74 to 89. He considers the practicalities and the relevance of the SPANS index scores to the assessment of dementia. This development of SPANS requires the collection of data from healthy control norms. A supplementary test manual specifically for SPANS use with older people is to published (see: http://www.hogrefe.co.uk/spans.html). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150731213 A |
| Classmark | DA:4C: EA: 4C |
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