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The British Journal of Psychiatry 137: 551-557 (1980)
© 1980 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Cognitive assessment of the elderly long-stay patient

AJ Gibson, IC Moyes and D Kenrick

The revised Kendrick battery was used to assess level of cognitive functioning and subsequent cognitive change in a group of 40 long-stay elderly psychiatric patients. If it had been used for diagnosing organic dementia in this group, half would have been classified as dementing, although the clinical evidence was against such a diagnosis. It may therefore misclassify individuals who are functioning at a low cognitive level for other reasons. Alternative assessment procedures are now available for use with the elderly.




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