Global Deterioration Scale (Reisberg GDS, dementia)

Reisberg Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) for dementia.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Most appropriate GDS global stage
Stage 5 — moderately severe decline (moderate dementia)

Result: GDS stage 5 (moderate dementia) — can no longer survive without some assistance.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

1
No cognitive decline: no subjective or objective memory deficit.
2–3
Pre-dementia: age-associated memory impairment (2), then mild cognitive impairment (3).
4
Mild dementia: clear-cut deficit on interview; inability to perform complex tasks.
5
Moderate dementia: can no longer survive without some assistance.
6
Moderately severe: needs help with ADLs, may be incontinent; personality/emotional changes.
7
Severe: verbal ability and ambulation lost; incontinent, needs feeding assistance.

What you enter

  • Most appropriate GDS global stage
How this is calculated

Reisberg B, Ferris SH, de Leon MJ, Crook T. The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia. Am J Psychiatry. 1982;139(9):1136-1139. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.