OACS™

Older Adult Cognitive Screener™

Purpose: Screens for neurocognitive impairment

Format: Online administration

Age range: 55 years to 90 years

Time: Administer and score in 5-10 minutes

DETAILS:

Patients with neurocognitive impairment (e.g., dementia) are often unreliable reporters of their own symptoms. A knowledgeable observer such as a family member, friend, or home health care nurse, can provide valuable insight into a patient's functioning. The OACS is a quick informant rating scale that helps professionals make decisions about a patient's mental status and determine the need for more in-depth testing.

Features and Benefits

• The only screening tool that maps directly onto the six principal domains of neurocognitive function defined in the DSM-5-TR ™: executive function, complex attention, language, perceptual–motor, social cognition, and learning and memory. 

• Assesses activities of daily living separately from total neurocognitive impairment.

• All-digital format ensures safe and convenient access to informant raters. 

• Quickly indicates the need for follow-up testing.