Testing the elderly: Are we asking stupid questions?

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The doctor, who was sitting at a desk and wearing a bow tie, held a pen up and asked the older woman: “What is this?” She looked startled. This was preceded by a question about the day of the week, the date, the year, the city we were in. She was told to remember three words — tulip, brown, honesty — she would be asked to recall in a few minutes.

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