One Minute Early Dementia Screening Test for Indigent Countryside Indian Population: A Community Based Study

With the ageing of our populations there are increasing numbers of older adults with memory complaints and possible dementia. A new case of dementia in some form is diagnosed every 70 seconds according to the 2010 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures; moreover countryside population especially indigent population mostly remain undiagnosed. Hence to develop an easy to use dementia detection system has become an international priority for improving care of patients with prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders of later life.