RESOURCES

	Health Plan Examples
	Glossary
	Abbreviations
	Flow Charts
	Critical Success Factors Examples
	Generic Guidelines for Dementia Assessment
	Booklet by GPs promoting timely dementia diagnosis
	DOMS 2007 Synopsis
	DOMS 2007 Report
	DOMS 2007 Report Appendices

  QUICKLINKS

	Dept of Health & Ageing
	Dementia Collaborative Research Centres
	General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition
	Monash University - Assess Quality of Life
	Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
	The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
	Cognitive Assessment Special Groups
	- - -	GPs: GPCog CALD: RUDAS Indigenous: KICA-Cog

Depression Assessment Measures

• Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD)
  Purpose: Focuses on the identification of depressive symptoms and signs in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias.
  Admin time:  20-30 min. 20 min with carer and 10 min with patient.
  User Friendly: Moderate
  Administered by:  Clinician obtaining information from patient and an informant.
  Most Appropriate:  Primary, Community and Residential Care. To assess major depression by obtaining a clinical rating based on semi-structured interview questions.
  Downloads:
  • CSDD Scale and Guidelines
  • CSDD demo (Youtube)
    This video demonstrates how to conduct the assessment.
    Because the scoring and interpretation is so important please refer to the Cornell Guidelines above.
  
  
• Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
  Purpose:  To assess and screen depression in elderly people.
  Admin time:  5-10 min
  User Friendly: Low due to scoring based on user feedback
  Administered by:  No interviewer training required.
  
Most  Appropriate:  Acute, Primary, Community and Residential Care. Does not include somatic symptoms. It focuses on the affective aspects of depression.
Downloads:
• GDS (short version