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“I never had a memory test, or maybe I did and forgot about it!”

I just did a google and this is what it says: “The Medicare annual wellness visit and required cognitive screening are part of efforts to promote early detection of dementia and have been available since 2011.” It does say “required”

I would have been 65 in 2004 so that was before the testing started. My doctor never gave me the test though until last year 2022 when I was 82. So maybe it is up to the doctor at what age she wants to first give it. Anyway she said the only time to be concerned is when you don’t know what keys are for, or if you end up at a Walmart and don’t know how you got there etc;