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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 542805" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Does she have a regular family doctor that she has been going to for years and years? Most folks her age do. They can slip in a mini mental exam while doing a regular exam. They will ask her simple questions like what is a pen or pencil and what you use it for by putting it on a table and saying something like "oh darn, I have lost that thing I use to make notes with. Can you help me find it?" Normally Mom will look around the room trying to spot the pen and ask the doctor, oh do you mean this pen? </p><p></p><p>Now if Mom cant find it in plain sight and hands them a pair of scissors well there is a problem. The doctor may gently say...well this is a pair of scissors, do you know what they are used for? If a blank look is on the face, no more is said. The doctor may ask the patient if she can name the year and the President of the US. Make small conversation that will give them an insight into their ability to think. </p><p></p><p>One of the things that really messed up my mini mental health exams coming out of my coma was asking who the president was. For some reason that stuck with me like glue because my family left the election on while I was in the coma and I "heard" it even though I was still in the coma. I heard who won and it wasnt who I would have voted for. So when they asked me who was the President I said President Bush is the sitting President but Obama was just elected. Now I shouldnt have known that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 542805, member: 1514"] Does she have a regular family doctor that she has been going to for years and years? Most folks her age do. They can slip in a mini mental exam while doing a regular exam. They will ask her simple questions like what is a pen or pencil and what you use it for by putting it on a table and saying something like "oh darn, I have lost that thing I use to make notes with. Can you help me find it?" Normally Mom will look around the room trying to spot the pen and ask the doctor, oh do you mean this pen? Now if Mom cant find it in plain sight and hands them a pair of scissors well there is a problem. The doctor may gently say...well this is a pair of scissors, do you know what they are used for? If a blank look is on the face, no more is said. The doctor may ask the patient if she can name the year and the President of the US. Make small conversation that will give them an insight into their ability to think. One of the things that really messed up my mini mental health exams coming out of my coma was asking who the president was. For some reason that stuck with me like glue because my family left the election on while I was in the coma and I "heard" it even though I was still in the coma. I heard who won and it wasnt who I would have voted for. So when they asked me who was the President I said President Bush is the sitting President but Obama was just elected. Now I shouldnt have known that! [/QUOTE]
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