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Can I rate dementia (e.g. mild, moderate and severe) with an ACE-R
score?
No. Dementia ratings involve a comprehensive evaluation and should be
arrived at after via a thorough clinical assessment involving information from
caregivers and family members, and taking into account activities of daily
living. We are currently looking at its value in rating dementia severity across
different disorders.
I use the old ACE; should I change to the revised ACE (ACE-R)?
Ideally, yes. After years of use in Cambridge, John Hodges and his team
identified many weaknesses on the test, and the revised version was
produced and validated.
What are the key references on the use of the ACE and ACE-R?
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Mathuranath PS, Nestor PJ, Berrios GE, Rakowicz W, and Hodges JR. A brief
cognitive test battery to differentiate Alzheimers disease and frontotemporal
dementia, Neurology , vol 55, 2000, 1613-1620.
Dudas RB, Berrios GE, Hodges JR. The Addenbrookes Cognitive Examination
(ACE) in the differential diagnosis of early dementias versus affective
disorder, Am J Geriatr Pychiatry, vol 13 (3), March 2005, 218-226.
Bak TH, Rogers TT, Crawford LM, Hearn VC, Mathuranath PS, Hodges JR.
Cognitive bedside assessment in atypical parkinsonian syndromes, J Neurol
ACE-R
Mioshi E, Dawson K, Mitchell J, Arnold R, Hodges JR. The Addenbrookes
Cognitive Examination Revised (ACE-R): a brief cognitive test for dementia
screening, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, 2006,
1078-1085.