Dementia

Dementia

Articles

Dementia

Leung J. Dementia. 2014.

Screening Tools

MoCA

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment

MoCA Instructions

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment Instructions

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Kurlowicz L, Wallace, M. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). 1999.

5 part CMAJ Series

Dementia - Risk Assessment & Prevention of Alzheimer Disease

Patterson C, Feightner JW, Garcia A, Hsiung GY, MacKnight C, Sadovnick AD. Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 1. Risk assessment and primary prevention of Alzheimer Disease. CMAJ. 2008 Feb 26;178(5):548-56.

Dementia - Diagnosis

Feldman HH, Jacova C, Robillard A, Garcia A, Chow T, Borrie M, Schipper HM, Blair M, Kertesz A, Chertkow H. Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 2. Diagnosis. CMAJ. 2008 Mar 25;178(7):825-36.

Dementia - Mild Cognitive Impairment

Chertkow H, Massoud F, Nasreddine Z, Belleville S, Joanette Y, Bocti C, Drolet V, Kirk J, Freedman M, Bergman H. Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 3. Mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment without dementia. CMAJ. 2008 May 6;178(10):1273-85.

Dementia - Management of Mild to Moderate Dementia

Hogan DB, Bailey P, Black S, Carswell A, Chertkow H, Clarke B, Cohen C, Fisk JD, Forbes D, Man-Son-Hing M, Lanctôt K, Morgan D, Thorpe L. Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 4. Approach to management of mild to moderate dementia. CMAJ. 2008 Oct 7;179(8):787-93.

Dementia - Treatment of Mild to Moderate Dementia

Hogan DB, Bailey P, Black S, Carswell A, Chertkow H, Clarke B, Cohen C, Fisk JD, Forbes D, Man-Son-Hing M, Lanctôt K, Morgan D, Thorpe L. Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 5. Nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy for mild to moderate dementia. CMAJ. 2008 Nov 4;179(10):1019-26.

Videos

Dementia: Early Cognitive Impairment

Script by: Dr. Raed Hawa
Developed by: Drs. Raed Hawa, Marcus Law
© University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, 2014

 

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