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Neuropsychological Assessment in the Oldest-Old

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2005

Boo Johansson
Boo Johansson
Affiliation:
Institute of Gerontology, Jönköping, Sweden
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Abstract

Neuropsychology has an important role in a comprehensive psychogeriatric evaluation, especially in the assessment of dementia where the diagnosis is based on behavior. Current issues in the neuropsychology of aging and dementia in the oldest-old are discussed: the principal problem in the prevailing normative approach to discriminating between normal cognitive aging and pathology; the greater interindividual variability and, as a consequence, a need for subclassifications of individuals according to well-defined criteria; tests designed for cognitively impaired elderly and a contextual neuropsychological assessment procedure. Data from two ongoing Swedish studies of the oldest-old, illustrating some of these issues, are presented.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 3 , Issue S1 , March 1991 , pp. 51 - 60
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© 1991 Springer Publishing Company

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