The Assessment of the Mental State of Elderly Hospital Patients Using a Simple Questionnaire

Measurement of Mental Impairment in Geriatric Practice

“…Building blocks. This test, which has been described by Isaacs and Walkey (1963 a), is a simplified version of one previously devised by Isaacs (1963). Five coloured toy building-blocks of diminishing size are placed before the patient who is asked to build them one on top of the other to form a column.…”

“…This test, which has been reported by Isaacs and Walkey (1963 b), was simplified from a similar test described by Kahn et al (1960). The patients are asked nine questions relating to their personal circumstances and spatial and temporal environ ment.…”

Validity of an early risk score for older adults

“…The scale was devised before the MMSE was used, and there were few reliable and valid cognitive measures, although some were being devised at the same time. 20,21 Otherwise, the score could be replicated very closely.…”

Prognostic Factors in Elderly Patients in a Geriatric Institution

“…The mental test procedure (Isaacs and Walkey, 1964), consisted of a simple constructional task, a paired-associate verbal test and a questionnaire. The scores on this test rose with increasing degrees of mental impairment, and ranged from one, which was normal, to ten, which represented severe dementia.…”

“…The patients were also grouped according to their answers to the two most discriminating questions of the questionnaire, namely, What year is it now?, and in what month is your birthday? (Isaacs and Walkey, 1963).…”