Description
Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State (MEAMS) detects gross impairment of cognitive skills in the elderly.
Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State (MEAMS) detects gross impairment of cognitive skills in the elderly.
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Screen for gross impairment of cognitive skills in the elderly
Age Range:Adult
Administration:10 minutes
Forms:Two Parallel Forms
Norms:120 U.K. patients
Publication Date:1989
The Middlesex Elderly Assessment of Mental State (MEAMS) is the benchmark screening test to detect gross impairment of specific cognitive skills in the elderly. Differentiate between functional illnesses and organically-based cognitive impairments.
The MEAMS systematically surveys the major areas of cognitive performance using a comprehensive range of subtests:
- Orientation
- Memory
- New learning
- Naming
- Comprehension
- Arithmetic
- Visio spatial skills
- Perception
