Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State (MEAMS) detects gross impairment of cognitive skills in the elderly.

Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State
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Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State

MEAMS

Evelyn Golding

Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State (MEAMS) detects gross impairment of cognitive skills in the elderly.

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Date de publication:
1989
Groupe d’âge:
Adult
Niveau de qualification:
B
Passation:
10 minutes
Formulaires:
Two Parallel Forms
Normes:
120 U.K. patients

The Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State (MEAMS) is the benchmark screening test used to detect gross impairment of specific cognitive skills in the elderly.

Benefits

  • Systematically survey the major areas of cognitive performance.
  • Differentiate between functional illnesses and organically-based cognitive impairments.

Features

The MEAMS systematically surveys the major areas of cognitive performance using a comprehensive range of subtests:

  • Orientation and memory subtests
  • New learning subtests
  • Naming subtests
  • Comprehension and arithmetic subtests
  • Visio spatial skills subtests
  • Perception subtests