title: Cognitive assessment of the elderly long-stay patient.
abstract: The revised Kendrick battery was used to assess level of cognitive functioning and subsequent cognitive change in a group of 40 long-stay elderly psychiatric patients. If it had been used for diagnosing organic dementia in this group, half would have been classified as dementing, although the clinical evidence was against such a diagnosis. It may therefore misclassify individuals who are functioning at a low cognitive level for other reasons. Alternative assessment procedures are now available for use with the elderly.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests