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10-25-2017, 01:48 PM
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Dementia Test?
I received an "F" in "Search Function" so if this has been around before, in this form or another, then, well, here it is again:
I received the following from a friend. The instructions are to see if you can read the passage out loud without much difficulty. Supposedly, those who can are at lower risk of developing dementia in the near future. I don't have any references or medical-professional endorsement for the test. It just seemed to make sense that, if you could read it, your mind is currently working pretty well. I guess that's a good thing.
I worry about dementia since it's in my family. Not fun - especially for those around the "victim." If anyone has any knowledge of the voracity of this test, I'd be interested in hearing about the details. Otherwise, this could be a minor diversion to at least a few of us. Of course, YMMV.
Read the following out loud:
7H15 M3554G3
53RV35 7O PR0V3
H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N
D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!
1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5!
1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG
17 WA5 H4RD BU7
N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3
Y0UR M1ND 1S
R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY
W17H0U7 3V3N
7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17,
B3 PROUD! 0NLY
C3R741N P30PL3 C4N
R3AD 7H15!
PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F
U C4N R34D 7H15.
Could you read it? To my amazement, I could.
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10-25-2017, 01:55 PM
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I could read it all except the 3rd word from the top. No clue what that is.
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10-25-2017, 01:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I could read it all except the 3rd word from the top. No clue what that is.
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Serves, I think. "Serves to prove."
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10-25-2017, 02:12 PM
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I'd posit that it's the other way around.....if this is what words look like to you, then you're already a cuckoo bird candidate.
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10-25-2017, 02:18 PM
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Touche' (or is that 70U64E')?
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10-25-2017, 02:20 PM
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10-25-2017, 02:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Koolau
70U64E'
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+1
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10-25-2017, 02:31 PM
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I’ve watched a couple of dozen doctor administered tests for dementia. This test is not like any of them.
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10-25-2017, 02:36 PM
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gimme a break!
valid testing for dementia is under the supervision of a neurologist.
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10-25-2017, 02:39 PM
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Yikes they have my password formula.
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10-25-2017, 02:46 PM
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Obviously, if you can read the test you are at a significant risk for developing dementia!
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10-25-2017, 02:53 PM
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It's easy to read, and I think that most people would have no problem with it.
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10-25-2017, 02:56 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Koolau
The instructions are to see if you can read the passage out loud without much difficulty. Supposedly, those who can are at lower risk of developing dementia in the near future.
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Sorry, while it might be fun, as a "dementia test" this is nonsense.
If you are concerned about dementia, seek qualified professional help.
This might help: https://www.alz.org/what-is-dementia...D_BwE#symptoms
"There is no one test to determine if someone has dementia. Doctors diagnose Alzheimer's and other types of dementia based on a careful medical history, a physical examination, laboratory tests, and the characteristic changes in thinking, day-to-day function and behavior associated with each type. Doctors can determine that a person has dementia with a high level of certainty. "
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10-25-2017, 02:59 PM
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I was with my friend when she was diagnosed with dementia. He had her draw a clock and set a certain time, asked who the president was, etc. It was so sad I don't remember the rest of it. She at one time had a 200 IQ but thought Kennedy was the president. She was only 62 but likely started down the path by 50.
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10-25-2017, 03:17 PM
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The way it was explained to me is that while everyone occasionally misplaces their keys, someone with Alzheimer's forgets what keys are for.
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10-25-2017, 03:20 PM
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This is how I used to spell things when I was five years old. My mind must still be quite youthful..... Or I have the mind and language skills of a five year old...?
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10-25-2017, 03:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joeea
Sorry, while it might be fun, as a "dementia test" this is nonsense.
If you are concerned about dementia, seek qualified professional help.
This might help: https://www.alz.org/what-is-dementia...D_BwE#symptoms
"There is no one test to determine if someone has dementia. Doctors diagnose Alzheimer's and other types of dementia based on a careful medical history, a physical examination, laboratory tests, and the characteristic changes in thinking, day-to-day function and behavior associated with each type. Doctors can determine that a person has dementia with a high level of certainty. "
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+1, also to MichaelB.
I actually haven't witnessed any tests, but my mom has done some, and both her and my siblings have told me what kinds of things they did. Nothing sounded like this.
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10-25-2017, 03:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I was with my friend when she was diagnosed with dementia. He had her draw a clock and set a certain time, asked who the president was, etc. It was so sad I don't remember the rest of it. She at one time had a 200 IQ but thought Kennedy was the president. She was only 62 but likely started down the path by 50.
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According to a friend who took her DM to a new memory unit in KCKS(University of Kansas Medical Center) the clock is a dead giveaway for dementia.
My DF who was suffering from dementia completely blew his PCP away on the who's the President question. Dad gave him a review of the then current President and every one back to his first election in 1939! DF had lost his mind to dementia but the President brain cells were still there
I don't think this test proves anything. Maybe impressed if someone told me they read it perfectly and had never seen a Latin based language before.
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10-25-2017, 04:05 PM
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My friend was constantly losing things for years. Eventually she became paranoid and would wrap things in kleenex and then hide them. I read this is also common. She drove until she was pretty bad and could do okay until one day she lost her ability to make judgements while driving. I was surprised she could drive as long as she did. That was the last thing to go.
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10-25-2017, 04:39 PM
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Darn, I was expecting it to be a racy poem or something...
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