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Abstract
The Kendrick Battery for the Detection of Dementia was used to assess 86 dementing Australian patients and normal controls. Initial test results showed a high rate of misclassification due to raised scores on the Digit Copying Test (DCT) in the early dementing group. Australian normals also scored higher than expected on the DCT, compared with U.K. norms. The Object Learning Test (OLT) alone showed near-perfect discrimination of the two groups. Group status and level of deterioration (but not depression) predicted OLT scores, while only level of deterioration was associated with the DCT. Eight-hour retest showed adequate stability.