The Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment was developed and validated in response to the need for a validated cognitive screening tool for older Aboriginal Australians living in rural and remote areas. It has been further adapted for use with Torres Strait Islander people, and for Aboriginal people living in urban and regional areas.
The pictures are for the visual naming and free recall questions and should be presented in that order.
KICA Instruction booklet
KICA-cog Urban and Regional clients
Images for Urban KICA-cog
Remote tools
KICA-cog for Remote clients
Images for Remote KICA-cog
Images for Torres Strait Islander Remote KICA-cog
Extended KICA for Remote clients
Results interpretation
KICA results and dementia checklist
Quick screens
KICA-Screen (sKICA) 10 questions - Remote
KICA-Screen (sKICA) 10 questions - Urban and regional
The KICA-Screen is a short screen containing 10 questions with a total score of 25.
It is recommended that the full KICA-cog is used for the most valid results.
Additional tools
These tools provide additional information to inform possible diagnosis, rule out other possible causes of cognitive decline, and care planning.
KICA- depression screen
KICA- Carer
KICA- Behaviour
KICA- ADL
KICA URBAN educational videos
This 5-part video explains how to conduct the KICA memory screen.
KICA-Urban video was developed by LetsCHAT Dementia project collaboration led by the University of Melbourne.
Part 1 Memory and thinking
Part 2 Thing to look out for
Part 3 Having a yarn with your patient about their memory and thinking
Part 4 The KICA-Cog Urban Assessment
Part 5 Where to from here?
KICA REMOTE Educational video
This instructional video covers the KICA remote assessment.
KICA-Remote video was developed by a KICA project collaboration led by The University of Western Australia.