Matthew Croucher

Dr Matthew Croucher is a psychiatrist of old age and senior clinical lecturer with mixed clinical and academic roles in the University of Otago, Christchurch, and the Canterbury District Health Board. He is the founder and director of the Canterbury DHB’s Psychiatry of Old Age Academic Unit, which provides teaching, training, research and service management advice in the older person’s mental health sector.

Q&A: Dr Matthew Croucher on dementia test

November 9, 2020 Dementia, Health & Wellbeing 0

New Zealand has switched from one dementia screening test to another, from the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA©) to the Mini-Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination (Mini-ACE). The new cognitive screening test evaluates four main areas – orientation, memory, language and visuospatial function. It is now the recommended screening tool for use by primary …