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Prevalence rates of cognitive impairment vary widely, but it remains under-recognised and under-treated. The aims of this pilot study were to evaluate the presence and nature of cognitive deficits in patients receiving inpatient hospice care who did not have a known current or past diagnosis of a cognitive disorder or any obvious cognitive impairments. A convenience sample of 30 patients receiving inpatient hospice care underwent bedside cognitive testing. A comprehensive battery of tests was used, including the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and standardised neuropsychological tests of pre-morbid intellectual functioning, immediate and delayed recall, digit span forward and backward, verbal reasoning and letter and category fluency. On average, subjects were impaired on the MMSE and on tests of learning, verbal reasoning and letter and category fluency. Furthermore, 12 of the 30 subjects met DSM-IV cognitive impairment criteria for dementia based on impaired performance in memory and at least one other cognitive domain on testing. The results of this pilot study suggest that a sizable proportion of patients receiving inpatient hospice care have undetected but clinically significant cognitive impairments. Assessing for and helping patients, families and caregivers deal with cognitive impairment might benefit patients\u2019 quality of life, relationships and overall care at the end of life. 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