CHAPTER 25: FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT STAGING SCALE (FAST) Description The Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) by Reisberg (1988) is an observational rating tool developed to quantify the clinically identifiable stages of neurocognitive…
CHAPTER 24: ALLEN COGNITIVE LEVEL SCREEN (ACLS) Description The Allen Cognitive Level Screen (ACLS) battery is a standardized assessment that requires the client to physically perform hand manipulation activities by…
CHAPTER 23: ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW (ZBI) Description The Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI), by Zarit and Zarit (1987) is a 22-item questionnaire designed to measure the extent to which a caregiver…
CHAPTER 22: CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX (CSI) AND MODIFIED CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX (MCSI) Description The Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) by Robinson (1983) is a 13-item questionnaire originally created to screen for…
CHAPTER 21: TINETTI FALLS EFFICACY SCALE (FES) Description The Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) by Tinetti, Richman, and Powell (1990) is a standardized questionnaire designed to quantify a person’s fear of…
CHAPTER 19: RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX (RMI) Description The Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) is a standardized assessment of mobility originally designed for persons with either head injury or stroke but has…
CHAPTER 18: DYNAMIC GAIT INDEX (DGI) Description The Dynamic Gait Index (DGI), by Shumway-Cook et al. (1995), is designed to assess dynamic postural control in older adults and is used…
CHAPTER 16: BRUNEL BALANCE ASSESSMENT (BBA) Description The Brunel Balance Assessment (BBA) is an activity-based outcome measure developed to quantify the reacquisition of balance post-stroke by using a hierarchical design…
CHAPTER 15: BERG BALANCE SCALE (BBS) Description The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) by Berg et al. (1989) is a performance-based measure designed to quantitatively assess a person’s balance and fall…
CHAPTER 13: KATZ INDEX OF INDEPENDENCE IN ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING Description The Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living, by Katz, Ford, Moskowitz, Jackson, and Jaffe (1963),…
