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Behavioural objectives are the measurable term of learning outcomes. So behavioural objectives of dementia are-
1) Cognitive changes.
a. Memory- Memory loss, cannot identify family members.
b. Communication- patient can not tell a sentence properly.
c. Patient can not locate the objects.
d. Patient can distinguish in between pen and pencil.
e.patient can not calculate simple mathematics.
f. In mini mental status examination, patient's score in orientation is -2, Attention and calculation is-0, registration and recall score is -0, Language score is-3.
2) Psychological changes.
• Patient is suffering from Anxiety, depression.