DEMENTIA RATING SCALE

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N., Pam M.S.
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Used to measure the cognitive status of an adult. Comprises of 36 tasks if varying difficulty. Evaluates performance on subscales, attention, initiation-preservation, construction, conceptualisation and memory.

DEMENTIA RATING SCALE: "The demetia rating scale looks at loss of cognitive functions in degrees."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. BEHAVIORALLY ANCHORED RATING SCALE (BARS)
  2. ATTENTION LOAD MEASURE
  3. WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE (WMS)
  4. TEST OF ATTENTIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL STYLE (TAIS)
  5. GENERAL SLOWING
  6. CAPACITY SHARING
  7. AROUSAL-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP
  8. PERFORMANCE-OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC POO
  9. FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE (FIM)
  10. ATTENTION LEVEL
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "DEMENTIA RATING SCALE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/dementia-rating-scale/ (accessed October 16, 2021).
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