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What is Cognitive Assessment?

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was designed as a screening instrument for mild cognitive dysfunction.The MoCA assesses multiple cognitive domains including attention, concentration, executive functions, memory, language, visuospatial skills, abstraction, calculation and orientation. It is widely used around the world and is translated to 36 languages and dialects.

Has your loved one been given a formal diagnosis? CT Dementia Help can administer the MoCA-Montreal Cognitive Assessment and generate a report which you can bring to your doctor.  

   

Assessment

The MoCA checks different types of cognitive or thinking abilities. These include:

  • Orientation: The test administrator asks you to state the date, month, year, day, place, and city.  
  • Short-term memory/delayed recall: Five words are read. The test-taker is asked to repeat them. After completing other tasks, the person is asked to repeat each of the five words again. If they can’t recall them, they’re given a cue of the category that the word belongs to.
  • Executive function/visuospatial ability: These two abilities are checked through the Trails B Test. It asks you to draw a line to sequence alternating digits and letters (1-A, 2-B, etc.). The test also asks you to draw a cube shape.  
  • Language: This task asks you to repeat two sentences correctly. It then asks you to list all the words in the sentences that start with the letter “F.”
  • Abstraction: You are asked to explain how two items are alike, such as a train and a bicycle. This checks your abstract reasoning, which is often impaired in dementia. The proverb interpretation test is another way to measure these skills.
  • Animal naming: Three pictures of animals are shown. The person is asked to name each one. This is mainly used to test verbal fluency.
  • Attention: The test-taker is asked to repeat a series of numbers forward and then a different series backward. This task tests the ability to pay attention. 
  • Clock-drawing test: Unlike the mini-mental state exam (MMSE), the MoCA asks you to draw a clock that reads ten past eleven.

   

Contact us:

hello@ctdementiahelp.com

860.201.4474

30 Peck Road, Building 2, Suite 2102 Torrington, CT 06790

Still, have some questions? Let’s schedule a time to talk.

Cognitive Assessment

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What is cognitive assessment?

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was designed as a screening instrument for mild cognitive dysfunction.The MoCA assesses multiple cognitive domains including attention, concentration, executive functions, memory, language, visuospatial skills, abstraction, calculation and orientation. It is widely used around the world and is translated to 36 languages and dialects.

Has your loved one been given a formal diagnosis? CT Dementia Help can administer the MoCA-Montreal Cognitive Assessment and generate a report which you can bring to your doctor.  

   

Assessment

The MoCA checks different types of cognitive or thinking abilities. These include:

  • Orientation: The test administrator asks you to state the date, month, year, day, place, and city.  
  • Short-term memory/delayed recall: Five words are read. The test-taker is asked to repeat them. After completing other tasks, the person is asked to repeat each of the five words again. If they can’t recall them, they’re given a cue of the category that the word belongs to.
  • Executive function/visuospatial ability: These two abilities are checked through the Trails B Test. It asks you to draw a line to sequence alternating digits and letters (1-A, 2-B, etc.). The test also asks you to draw a cube shape.  
  • Language: This task asks you to repeat two sentences correctly. It then asks you to list all the words in the sentences that start with the letter “F.”
  • Abstraction: You are asked to explain how two items are alike, such as a train and a bicycle. This checks your abstract reasoning, which is often impaired in dementia. The proverb interpretation test is another way to measure these skills.
  • Animal naming: Three pictures of animals are shown. The person is asked to name each one. This is mainly used to test verbal fluency.
  • Attention: The test-taker is asked to repeat a series of numbers forward and then a different series backward. This task tests the ability to pay attention. 
  • Clock-drawing test: Unlike the mini-mental state exam (MMSE), the MoCA asks you to draw a clock that reads ten past eleven.

Still, have some questions? Let’s schedule a time to talk.

Contact us:

hello@ctdementiahelp.com

860.459.9360

30 Peck Road, Building 2, Suite 2102 Torrington, CT 06790

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