It is thus important to check that the patient truly has impaired memory. For this, like in the rest of the world, mini mental score examination is used. I remember it as the ORAL examination.

Orientation: 5 points for orientation to time and 5 points for orientation to place (None for person)

Registration/recollection: 1 point each to immediately name three objects that were shown to the patient and 1 point each to recall them 5 minutes later.

Attention and calculation: Backward counting in serial 7s from a 100.