Resident Name Wentification # Date
Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS)
Repeiltion of Three Words
‘Ask resident: am going (o say three words for you to remomber. Pleaso repeat the words after I have sald ail three,
The words ere: sock, blue anc! bed. Now (ell me the threo words."
Number of words repeated after first attempt:
LJ o-none tone
Alter the resident’ first attempt, repeal the words using cues (“sock, something (0 wear; blue, a color; bod, a ploce of
furniture’). You may repeat the words up to two more times.
‘Temporal Orientation (orientation to month, year and day)
‘Ask resident: “Please loll mo wat yoar tis right now.”
Two 3, Throo
Able to report correct year
0, Missed by > 6 yoars, or no enewor
‘1. Missed by 2.6 years
2. Missed by 1 year
3. Correct
‘Ask resident: “Whaf month aro we in right now?"
Able to report correct month
0. Missed by> 1 month, or no answer
1. Missed by 6 days to one month
2. Accurate within § days
‘Ask resident: “What day of tho wook is today?"
Able to roport correct day of the week
0. incorrect, or no answver
4. Correct
Recall
‘Ask resident: “Let's go back fo the oanler question. What we
Ifunable to remember a word, give cue (‘somothing fo wear;
the three words that | asked you to repost?"
“a color,” “a piece of future’) for that word,
0. No - could 1. Yes, after cyging 2, Yes, no cue,
] 0, No - could 1, Yes, after cueing (2. Yes, no cue
‘Add scores for each question and fl in fotal score (00-15).
Entor 99 if the resident was unable to complete the interview.