[Cognitive assessment for immigrants].

In recent years, an increasing number of clients visiting the Gerontopsychiatric Center for Psychosocial Services in Vienna are immigrants who grew up in countries other than Austria. What has proven to work best for neuropsychological examination is translation--interpretation performed by their family relatives. For the testing procedure, success has been achieved with the Quick Clock Three-Word Combination, the Mini-Mental State Examination and the 10-Word Test with Memorizing Aid.

Detection of dementia in primary care: comparison of the original and a modified Mini-Cog Assessment with the Mini-Mental State Examination.

Background Dementia is considered widely under-detected in primary care, and general practitioners (GPs) frequently ask for easy to use tools to assist in its early detection.Aim To determine the degree of correlation between the Mini-Cog Assessment (Mini-Cog) as performed by GPs and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).Design of study This was a prospective study (2005, 2006) comparing two cognitive screening instruments.