Bragging you just passed your 3rd dementia test is a great way of telling us they've made you take 3 dementia tests

[Ms. Toad]

6. Nope. Bragging that you passed 3 dementia tests is a great way of telling us you are too cognitively impaired

to recognize how trivial the test is, and how hard it is for an unimpaired individual to fail even a single question.

But, as to making him take 3 dementia tests - screening for dementia is a required part of annual wellness visits for anyone on Medicare. While he isn't on Medicare, Medicare sets the standard for elderly care. I've been screened for dementia 4 times, one of them using a couple of the questions from MOCA. Doctors aren't required to use a specific tool for screening, but MOCA is a common one for doctors who choose to use a formal tool rather than just basing the assessment on conversations.

If they were seriously concerned about dementia, they would make him take a full cognitive assessment test - one which is spread over a couple of days, and around 8 hours. I'd argue they should be, and that they should insist that he have a full dementia test. But those are uncommon until the dementia is so obvious and advanced that the test is almost pointless.

(I have a spouse diagnosed with cognitive impairment - so I have a fair amount of experience with the tests, and what they do (or do not) show.)