McKnight’s Senior Living February 23, 2024
Aaron Dorman

The experts behind the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, are hoping that recent political campaign jawboning about cognitive abilities among some high-profile candidates will get seniors more concerned about mental impairment — and willing to use a new app.

The new app, named XpressO, is free to use and involves a “rapid” cognitive assessment for users, the company behind the tool, MoCA Cognition, announced this week.

Although the MoCA test is a screening tool, not a diagnostic, studies show the test, and other similar tools, point to important implications for care and treatment of seniors, or anyone showing cognitive decline.

“Early detection permits earlier intervention that saves major healthcare costs and improves patient outcomes,” MoCA Cognition CEO Ziad...

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