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Please ask all of these questions. Ask any additional questions  \nnecessary to determine the subject’s Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) . Please note information from the additional questions.  \nMemory Questions for the person close to the subject:  \n1. Does he/she have a problem with his/her memory or thinking?  Yes  No 1a. If yes, is this a consistent problem (as opposed to inconsistent)?  Yes  No  \n2. Can he/she recall recent events?  Usually  Sometimes  Rarely  \n3. Can he/she remember a short list of items (shopping)?  Usually  Sometimes  Rarely  \n4. Has there been some decline in memory during the past year?  Yes  No  \n5. Is his/her memory impaired to such a degree that it would have interfered with his/her activities of daily life a few years ago (or  \npre-retirement activities)? (in the opinion of family and friends)  Yes  No  \n6. Does he/she completely forget a major event (e.g., trip, social  \nfunction, family wedding) within a few weeks of the event?  Usually  Sometimes  Rarely  \n7. Does he/she forget pertinent details of the major event?  Usually  Sometimes  Rarely  \n8. Does he/she completely forget important information of the distant past (e.g., birthdate, wedding date, place of  \nemployment)?  Usually  Sometimes  Rarely  \n9. Tell me about some recent event in his/her life that he/she should remember. (For later comparison with the subject’s responses, obtain details such as location of the event, time of day, participants, how long the event was, when it ended and how the subject or other participants got there) .  \nWithin 1 week:    \nWithin 1 month:    \n10. When was he/she born?    \n11. Where was he/she born?    \n12. What was the last school he/she attended?    \nName    \nTown/City    \nHighest level achieved   13. What was his/her main occupation/job (or spouse’s job if subject was not employed)?    \n14. What was his/her last major job (or spouse’s job if subject was not employed)?    \n15. When did he/she (or spouse) retire and why?    \n1 Copyright 2001 by Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. All rights reserved.  \nClinical Dementia Rating Worksheet  \nOrientation Questions for the person close to the subject:  \nHow often does he/she know of the exact:  \n1.  Date of the Month?  \nUsually  \nSometimes  \nRarely  \nDon’t Know  \n4.  Day of the Week?  \nUsually  \nSometimes  \nRarely  \nDon’t Know  \n5.  Does he/she have difficulty with time relationships (when events happened in relation to each other)?  \nUsually  \nSometimes  \nRarely  \nDon’t Know  \n6.  Can he/she find his/her way about familiar streets?  \n Usually  Sometimes  Rarely  Don’t Know  \n7.  How often does he/she know how to get from one place to another outside his/her neighbourhood?  Usually  Sometimes  Rarely  Don’t Know  \n8.  How often can he/she find his/her way about indoors?  \nUsually  \nSometimes  \nRarely  \nDon’t Know  \n2 Copyright 2001 by Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. All rights reserved.  \nClinical Dementia Rating Worksheet  \nJudgment and Problem Solving Questions for the person close to the subject:  \n1. In general, if you had to rate his/her abilities to solve problems at the present time, would you consider them:  \nAs good as they have ever been Good, but not as good as before Fair  \nPoor  \nNo ability at all  \n2. Rate his/her ability to cope with small sums of money (e.g., give change, calculate the cost of groceries sold by weight):  \nNo loss Some loss Severe loss  \n3. Rate his/her ability to handle complicated financial or business transactions (e.g., balance check-book, pay bills):  \nNo loss Some loss Severe loss  \n4. Can he/she handle a household emergency (e.g., plumbing leak, small fire)?  \nAs well as before  \nWorse than before because of trouble thinking  \nWorse than before, another reason (why)    \n5. Can he/she understand situations or explanations?  \nUsually  \nSometimes  \nRarely  \nDon’t Know  \n6. 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