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markodochartaigh

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3. Tangential to the article and completely anecdotal,

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:01 PM

Dec 2025

my sister mentioned having been given the MoCA by a nurse's aide while waiting for her primary care physician. Although she is 66 there was no other clinical indication for the test. The practice has recently adopted a more efficient model and requires patients to be in the room thirty minutes before the appointment or the appointment is rescheduled. This is in Amarillo and I wonder if the MoCA is being done so that patients can say that they got the same test as Trump.

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Psychologist: THREE Cognitive Tests means you're monitoring dementia, not assessing it [View all] Miles Archer Dec 2025 OP

So we really need cognitive tests to monitor his dementia? dem4decades Dec 2025 #1

Yes -- especially if he's taking medication for it Rocknation Dec 2025 #8

I meant his cognitive decline is in plain sight. dem4decades Dec 2025 #16

We may recognize it, but prodessionals need to monitor for the reasons OP mentions. marble falls Dec 2025 #29

Why bother, they never say anything. Trump's 6'4" , 239 pounds, his doctor said so. dem4decades Dec 2025 #34

Yes meds might need adjusting or outright changing dsc Dec 2025 #11

Also he thinks it's something to brag about bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #2

Because he claims they are IQ tests. What an imbecile. n/t iluvtennis Dec 2025 #12

Doubt he knows what the word cognitive means. He evidently just learned what the allegorical oracle Dec 2025 #13

I suspect that his handlers have to tell him these cognitive tests are IQ tests to get him to perform them Niagara Dec 2025 #24

My first thought after reading the OP. marble falls Dec 2025 #30

Yep. n/t iluvtennis Dec 2025 #36

Tangential to the article and completely anecdotal, markodochartaigh Dec 2025 #3

It's being done so they can bill for it.🤬 Phoenix61 Dec 2025 #9

I'm wondering, since it was done by the nurse aide, markodochartaigh Dec 2025 #21

Administered by the nurse by the results were assessed Phoenix61 Dec 2025 #22

Well, it was the nurse aide who administered the test. markodochartaigh Dec 2025 #23

I didn't mean my previous comment to be snappy. markodochartaigh Dec 2025 #26

No doubt, I'm an LCSW but get called Doctor on Phoenix61 Dec 2025 #37

Every piece of evidence is anecdotal by itself. There's nothing inherently wrong with anecdote. You asked a ... marble falls Dec 2025 #31

Hw couldn't pass the DU membership qualifying exam. 😎 usonian Dec 2025 #4

MONITORING dementia means you HAVE dementia Rocknation Dec 2025 #5

Trumps the most cognitive person ever... lame54 Dec 2025 #6

It's yuge! marble falls Dec 2025 #32

Yes, I've had it as part of a physical. ananda Dec 2025 #7

I have no medical training whatever, but even I can understand that. My post ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2025 #10

Isn't this test the same one all of us on Medicare take once a year during our wellness exam? Cheezoholic Dec 2025 #14

I had the doctor's aide ask me to draw a clock and remember a few words at my last wellness appt. Katinfl Dec 2025 #15

It was on mine recently. I am 63 and considered disabled. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. Cheezoholic Dec 2025 #19

I put the 12 at the top then did 3, 6, 9 and filled in the rest. Easy. Katinfl Dec 2025 #25

With digital clocks and watches being standard today, this test spooky3 Dec 2025 #28

They asked me to put in the sweep hand and locked me up when I put a broom on my clock face! marble falls Dec 2025 #33

Just effin croak malaise Dec 2025 #17

It takes effort to not wish death on this one individual. I have to fight with it every day. I do want him in prison. .. marble falls Dec 2025 #35

That was generous TNNurse Dec 2025 #18

His repeatedly telling us about them... relayerbob Dec 2025 #20

I wondered why there were so many "tests". marble falls Dec 2025 #27