Re: Dementia
Our local Doctor started started running memory tests, a couple of years ago.
I was asked to count backwards, tell him who the PM is, etc & then he would tell me a postal address which I would be asked to repeat back to him later in the tests.
Today, in the Telegraph, they are reporting that this test was not good enough and that future memory retention tests must be taken over a couple of visits - with several days in between.
Apparently this new test will be much better in picking up irregularities and will mean that diagnosis will be much earlier - when treatment might still be viable.