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The Hierarchic Dementia Scale: Conceptualization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Martin G. Cole  and
Dolly P. Dastoor
Martin G. Cole
Affiliation:
St. Mary's Hospital, Quebec, Canada Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Dolly P. Dastoor
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Douglas Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Abstract

The Hierarchic Dementia Scale is an instrument for measuring the severity of mental impairment based on Piagetian concepts, neuropsychological findings, and the hierarchic nature of decline in mental function. Performance of 20 specific functions such as orienting reflexes and comprehension can be rapidly pinpointed over a wide range of impairment. The scale is reliable, valid, responsive, safe, inexpensive, and easy to use.

Type
Comprehensive and Neuropsychologic Evaluations
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1996 , pp. 205 - 212
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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