| Functional evaluation |
Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental ADL (ADL and IADL);Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) |
| Behavioural assessment |
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) |
| Cognitive screening |
Mini-Mental State Exam - Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (MMSE) |
| Multifunctional batteries |
Consortium to a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease (CERAD); Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale – Cognitive Sub-scale (ADAS-Cog); Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) |
| Specific cognitive areas |
Memory: Revised Memory and Behaviour Problems Checklist Frequency (RMBPC-F) and Revised Memory and Behaviour Problems Checklist Reaction (RMBPC-R); Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-III); Digits span test; Immediate and Deferred Prose Memory Test (MPI and MPD), assessing semantic memory; Word list memorization test (Consortium to a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease battery CERAD); Attention and Executive Functions: MMSE calculation; Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) Attention matrices: evaluates selective focus, concentration, and flexibility; Direct and inverted digit-span. Language: MMSE verbal items; Similarity test of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III); Verbal fluency test of the Consortium to the Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease battery (CERAD); Boston Naming Test (BNT); Western Aphasia Battery (WAB); Visual-perception: Copy task of MMSE; Cubes of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale III WAIS-III part A (Trail Making Test TMT). |
| Music therapy evaluation |
Geriatric Music Therapy Profile (GMP) scale. Music Therapy Activity Scale (SVAM). Measure improvement related to musical activities. |
