Description - The Assessment Guide to Geriatric Neuropsychology by Holly Tuokko
There is a need in the field of geriatric assessment for a compendium of neuropsychological test information specific to elderly persons. Several texts have been written that are of interest to clinicians but do not provide normative information; others have been written that are broad in focus and do not address geriatric issues in detail. This text is designed to fill the gap. Neuropsychological assessment of geriatric populations involves not only performance-based measurement of areas of cognitive functioning, but heavy reliance on reports from caregivers (both formal and informal) about the functioning of the affected individual. This text brings together the scattered information from the literature in a concise, comprehensive way. Another important, yet neglected, area is that of the ethics involved in conducting geriatric neurospychological assessment. The issues discussed include informed consent, confidentiality, the right of bodily autonomy and self-determination, and issues pertaining to feedback.
This book provides a comprehensive description of measures and issues central to geriatric neurospychological assessment and should serve as a resource guide for practitioners. Special features include: normative information for neuropsychological measures on persons over 65 years of age; descriptions of measures appropriate for use with older adults in the context of assessments designed to detect and discriminate between disorders affecting cognition; identification of major sources of normative information and key psychometric issues of importance to practitioners; measures designed to obtain information about the functioning of an affected adult from other persons (for example, caregivers); the ethical issues involved in conducting geriatric neuropsychological assessments; and tables to assist in performing differential diagnosis using a standard approach to evaluating clinical information.
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