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8. Yes -- especially if he's taking medication for it

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 05:51 PM

Dec 2025

which can have the possible side effects of your brain swelling or bleeding.

P.S. Two dementia medications in particular are administered intravenously, which might explain the bruising on that back of his hands.

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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