Literal question
Compared with [10 years] ago how is this person at…handling other everyday arithmetic problems, for example, knowing how much food to buy, knowing how long between visits from family or friends?
Question pretext
Now we want you to remember what your friend or relative was like [10 years] ago and to compare it with what he/she is like now. Ten years ago was in 1996. Below are situations where this person has to use his/her memory or intelligence and we want you to indicate whether this has improved, stayed the same or got worse in that situation over the past [10 years]. Note the importance of comparing his/her present performance with [10 years] ago.
For example, if [10 years] ago this person always forgot where he/she had left things, and he/she still does, then this would be considered "not much change".
Question post text
1 MUCH IMPROVED
2 A BIT IMPROVED
3 NOT MUCH CHANGE
4 A BIT WORSE
5 MUCH WORSE
6 DON'T KNOW