Detection of cognitive impairment in the older adult, family medical clinic (ISSSTE) Casa Blanca, Villahermosa Tabasco

The objective of this project is to detect cognitive deterioration in the elderly, at the Family Medical Clinic (ISSSTE) Casa blanca, Villahermosa Tabasco. Cognitive Impairment is a syndrome characterized by the loss or deterioration of higher mental functions in different behavioral and neuropsychological domains, such as memory, orientation, calculation, compression, judgment, language, visual recognition, behavior and personality; as well as alteration in higher mental functions. A diagnosis will be made through an instrument to determine cognitive impairment, designed with the application of the Folstein Minimental Tool, which will be applied to 91 adult patients aged 60 years and older. The information from which the results of the investigation will be obtained will be analyzed. To determine strategies that will help older adults have a better quality of life.