Monitoring the symptoms of confirmed patients:
Classify the patients based on level of severity.
Since the patient’s ability to read and understand decreases as the severity increases, the daily reminder might vary
Mental cognitive status tests:
smmse-tool-v2.pdf
(https://www.ihpa.gov.au/what-we-do/standardised-mini-mental-state-examination-smmse)
Standardized-English-Mini-Cog-1-19-16-EN_v1-low-1.pdf
(https://mini-cog.com/)
Memory test
https://alzheimersprevention.org/alzheimers-info/memory-quiz/
Daily reminder:
- Are you (nickname, formal name)? or Would you prefer me to call you (nickname) ?
- What is the weather today? Choose from the following 3 words:
- How is the room temperature today?
- What year is this? (accept exact answer only)
- What season is this? (during the last week of the old season or first week of a new season, accept either)
- What month is this? (on the first day of a new month or the last day of the previous month, accept either)
- What is today’s date? (accept previous or next date) e) What day of the week is this? (accept exact answer only)