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Memory EvaluationAka: Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory

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  1. Indication
    1. Dementia evaluation
    2. Delirium evaluation
  2. Short Term Memory Testing
    1. Repeat 3 words
    2. Attention: months backwards
    3. Three minute Delay Recall and Orientation
      1. Consider clues and prompts
    4. Thirty minute Delay Recall and Past Events
  3. Medium to Long Term Memory Testing
    1. Lose things
    2. Leave food cooking on stove
    3. Lost in familiar neighborhoods

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