Hi, i wish you good luck with your decision on the study.
Interestingly, My mum has Alzheimers. a couple of the multiple tests they ran on her involved identifying "clip art" pictures?
This is where it get's interesting... I was present at these tests. (moral support.) I also had to fill out a questionnaire knowing the patient for many years.. Stuff like change in character,bursts of aggression. LOL, if anything, My Mum is more chilled & relaxed. Yes there are cognitive issues. (lucky for my mum, there hasn't been any progression in the last 6 years?)
Any hooo.. My mum was required to draw on a circle the big & little hands of a clock signifying ten to four? Pretty good bearing in mind there were no markings on this circle signifying any reference for hours & mins.
Then there was clip art black & white photocopied drawings of a generic crown, barrel & a lizard on a sheet of A4, which she needed to identify.
She peers at the drawings.& in turn, gets them right...
HOWEVER. My mum called the lizard a "lizard." I mentally called it out as a Salamander, maybe a Gecko? (it was a generic lizard shape with a long tail & the head of a snake.)
Close enough call from my mum for me!
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There were two consultants in attendance. No they said, "its a crocodile."
"Really," i replied, "I'm no David Attenborough, so you had better diagnose me too!"
"Ah." One consultant whispered. "Sometimes relatives or spouses will cover for the patient's condition."
Pulling up a generic image on my smartphone browser i informed this medical professional,
This is a crock...
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