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An 81-year-old woman who came to Australia from Viet Nam at the age of 55 is brought by her son because of two years of gradually worsening memory. She left school at 11, speaks little English, and the consultation is conducted through an accredited interpreter. Her son says she now gets lost in her own suburb and has stopped cooking. She wears hearing aids and reading glasses and hears you well. There has been no fluctuation and no acute change. Which one of the following instruments should be used to assess her cognition?
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