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I found this on an email sent to me recently. I don’t guarantee the results but it looks pretty good to me.

The Questionnaire

1. Does your loved one have memory loss?
Yes (1)/No (0)

2. If ‘Yes’, is their memory worse than a few years ago?
Yes (1)/No (0)

3. Do they repeat questions, statements or stories in the same day?
Yes (2)/No (0) 

4. Have you had to take over tracking events or appointments, or does your loved one forget appointments?
Yes (1)/No (0)

5. Do they misplace items more than once a month?
Yes (1)/No (0)

6. Do they suspect others of hiding or stealing items when they cannot find them?
Yes (1)/No (0)

7. Does your loved one frequently have trouble knowing the day, date, month, year and time; or check the date more than once a day?
Yes (2)/No (0) 

8. Do they become disorientated in unfamiliar places?
Yes (1)/No (0)

9. Do they become more confused when not at home or when travelling?
Yes (1)/No (0)

10. Excluding physical limitations, do they have trouble handling money such as when calculating change?
Yes (1)/No (0)

11. Do they have trouble paying bills or doing finances?
Yes (2)/No (0)

12. Does your loved one have trouble remembering to take medicine or keeping track of medications taken?
Yes (1)/No (0) 

13. Are they having difficulty driving; or are you concerned about their driving?
Yes (1)/No (0) 

14. Are they having trouble using appliances such as the stove, phone, remote control, microwave?
Yes (1)/No (0) 

15. Excluding physical limitations, are they having difficulty in completing home repair or housekeeping tasks?
Yes (1)/No (0)

16. Excluding physical limitations, have they given up or cut down on doing hobbies such as, playing golf, dancing, exercising or crafts?
Yes (1)/No (0) 

17. Are they getting lost in familiar surroundings, such as their own neighbourhood?
Yes (2)/No (0) 

18. Is their sense of direction failing?
Yes (1)/No (0)

19. Do they have trouble finding words other than names?
Yes (1)/No (0) 

20. Do they confuse names of family members or friends?
Yes (2)/No (0) 

21. Do they have trouble recognising familiar people?
Yes (2)/No (0) 

Once the questionnaire is completed, you calculate the score. Someone who scores under five is advised that there is no cause for concern. A score of five to 14 suggests mild cognitive impairment – or memory lapses that could be the early stages of Alzheimer’s. A score higher than 14, possibly indicates that the person may already have AD.

Writing in the journal BMC Geriatrics, researcher Michael Malek-Ahmadi stressed that it is up to doctors rather than patients to interpret the results of the test. However, he advised that anyone who scores five or above should seek expert help.

I scored four. Before I began my Coconut Oil smoothie I was scoring around double that. I didn’t have full-blown Azs. but I was having problems that made us both accept that I had incipient Az. Significantly, it became much worse when I was overseas for 6 months last year and had no access to the coco oil.

Check our story here.
And.. we have ordered Dr Mary Newport’s excellent book on Alz. called “Alzheimers’ Disease – What if there was a cure”  Let me know if you’d like a copy. No prices available yet but it’s a labour of love so we’ll keep it down.

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