Know yourself
Your Brain Care Score
12 questions · ~2 min · nothing stored — a check-in on the modifiable factors that protect brain health, inspired by the Brain Care Score (Rosand et al. [1], Mass General). Max score 21.
Medical
Most recent blood pressure
Your BMI (weight in kg ÷ height in m²)
Most recent HbA1c (long-term blood sugar)
Most recent LDL cholesterol
Lifestyle
Smoking / nicotine use
Aerobic exercise per week (moderate intensity, e.g. brisk walk)
Typical nightly sleep
How close are you to a Mediterranean / MIND diet?
Alcohol use
Social & emotional
Day-to-day stress
Connection with others
Sense of meaning / purpose in your day-to-day
About the Brain Care Score
The Brain Care Score (BCS) was developed by Dr. Jonathan Rosand and colleagues at the McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital — a 21-point tally across twelve modifiable risk factors (physical, lifestyle, social-emotional) shown in large cohorts to predict stroke, dementia, and late-life depression. The original instrument is the McCance Brain Care Score™ (MGH).
Scientific validation
- Singh SD, …, Rosand J. The predictive validity of a Brain Care Score for dementia and stroke: data from the UK Biobank cohort. Frontiers in Neurology, 2023. UK Biobank · n ≈ 400,000 · ~12.5y follow-up
Higher baseline BCS associated with lower incidence of stroke and dementia.
- BCS predicts late-life depression — a five-point increase tracks with a ~33% lower risk of late-life depression over a median 13-year follow-up.
- BCS predicts stroke risk across racial groups — validation in the REGARDS cohort across Black and white Americans.
- Higher BCS improves brain-health outcomes regardless of genetic risk — the modifiable factors matter even when polygenic risk is elevated.
- BCS as a key predictor of stroke risk among women — additional validation cohort.
Press coverage
Vereefi V1 vs. the official tool. The questionnaire above is Vereefi's V1 implementation, structured to mirror the published BCS framework. Pending formal collaboration / licensing with Dr. Rosand and the McCance Center, the exact wording and scoring will be refined to match the official McCance Brain Care Score™ verbatim. For the canonical version meanwhile, see the official MGH BCS PDF.