[Cognitive assessment for immigrants].

In recent years, an increasing number of clients visiting the Gerontopsychiatric Center for Psychosocial Services in Vienna are immigrants who grew up in countries other than Austria. What has proven to work best for neuropsychological examination is translation--interpretation performed by their family relatives. For the testing procedure, success has been achieved with the Quick Clock Three-Word Combination, the Mini-Mental State Examination and the 10-Word Test with Memorizing Aid. For those without the benefit of an education, the transcultural, non-verbal EASY test is recommended. Although immigrants, when first examined in the Center, are as a rule younger than clients who grew up in Austria, they come to the Center in a clearly more advanced state of dementia.