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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/947eb08f-c4d3-4322-bca9-fdbb9272649a/641F60D6-B267-4AA0-A283-92F13EAD362E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.assessmentpsychology.com/geriatricscales.htm" href="http://www.assessmentpsychology.com/geriatricscales.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.assessmentpsychology.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.assessmentpsychology.com/geriatricscales.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Arial"><STRONG>Clinical Dementia 
						Rating</STRONG>
The Clinical Dementia Rating (<STRONG>CDR</STRONG>) scale 
						is used as a global<SUP> </SUP>measure of dementia (<A href="#REF23">Hughes
						<I>et al</I>, 1982</A>; <A href="#REF5">Berg, 1984</A>) 
						and<SUP> </SUP>is usually completed by a clinician in the 
						setting of detailed<SUP> </SUP>knowledge of the individual 
						patient. Much of the information<SUP> </SUP>will therefore 
						already have been gathered, either as part of<SUP> </SUP>
						normal clinical practice or as part of a research study. 
						If<SUP> </SUP>a specific interview is carried out, about 
						40 minutes is needed<SUP> </SUP>to gather the relevant information. 
						The <STRONG>CDR</STRONG> has become one of<SUP> </SUP>the 
						main methods by which the degree of dementia is quantified<SUP>
						</SUP>into stages. Six domains are assessed: memory; orientation;<SUP>
						</SUP>judgement and problem-solving; community affairs; 
						home and<SUP> </SUP>hobbies; and personal care. Ratings 
						are 0 for healthy people,<SUP> </SUP>0.5 for questionable 
						dementia and 1, 2 and 3 for mild, moderate<SUP> </SUP>and 
						severe dementia as defined in the <STRONG>CDR</STRONG> scale.<SUP>
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