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Evaluation of Available Cognitive Tools Used to Measure Mild Cognitive Decline

A Scoping Review

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About the Course

This review catalogues and assesses tools used to evaluated mild cognitive delay in healthy elderly populations. The authors advocated additional research to address identified gaps in the literature to facilitate recommendations for MCI screening tools appropriate for specific populations and environments.

This course is based on the reading-based online article, Evaluation of Available Cognitive Tools Used to Measure Mild Cognitive Decline created by Chian Thong Chun, PhD Philosophy (Nutrition and Dietetics) et al. in 2021.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2021

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Chian Thong Chun, PhD Philosophy (Nutrition and Dietetics)

Dr . Chun is associated with the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia. She has had two works published in peer reviewed journals.

Kirsty Seward, PhD Philosophy (Behavioral Sciences)

Dr. Seward is the HDR Program Enhancement Coordinator at the University of Newcastle and a podcast host. She has multiple works published in peer reviewed journals.

Course Creator

Barbara F. McMillan, LPC

Barbara McMillan, BA, MS, EdD, LPC has 35 years of experience as a therapist, clinical director, and administrator in mental health and substance abuse programs. She holds degrees in psychology and education, and has been a licensed professional counselor and supervising counselor for many years. After 18 years in various roles in private and public mental health settings, she became a full-time college psychology and sociology instructor.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists,nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Discuss dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and age-related cognitive decline.
  2. 2 Identify effective tools to discriminate mild cognitive decline in its early stages.
  3. 3 Describe strengths and limitation of the tools and of the research related to their use with various elderly populations and environments.

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Course Creator

Barbara F. McMillan, LPC – No relevant financial relationships.

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There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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