Dear Carol: My husband is in his 40s and his father had Alzheimer’s. Now my husband is obsessed with the fact that he may get it, too. He took a test online, and he says it looks like he may have a problem. How can I help him? – Pat
Dear Pat: I’m guessing that your husband found the Mini Mental State Exam online and took the test to evaluate himself. This is the danger of having everything at our fingertips.
While it’s true that the Mini Mental is often one tool a doctor uses to determine if dementia is present, a good doctor, first of all, knows how to evaluate the test properly. Also, the test would be only one tool in determining the health of the individual.
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