Berg Balance Scale (BBS)
CAM Confusion Assessment Method www.elderlife.med.yale.edu/pdf
Ces-D Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
CHESS Scale: Changes in Health, End-stage disease, and Signs and Symptoms
Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
DSM-I Assessment Long Term and Managed Care Program
Elderly Life Satisfaction Index A and B
EPESE Battery Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly Battery
FIM Functional Independence Measure
Frailty Assessment Frailty Assessment
Functional Status Questionnaire
Geriatric Depression Scale www.stanford.edu/~yesavage/GDS.english.long.html
Katz ADL Index of independence of activities in daily living
interRai interRAI Assessment Instruments: www.interrai.org
interRAI Community Health Assessment
IRF-PAI Rehab Assessment
Lawton's Morale Scale www.abramsoncenter.org/PRI/documents/PGC_morale_scale.pdf
Major ICD-10 Depression Inventory
MDS Long Term Care MDS Min Data Set CMS http://www.cms.gov Skilled Care Data Set
Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) www.cms.hhs.gov/HOS
Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) http://www.toolsforthefight.com/tfp_index.jsp
Nursing Home Behavior Problem Scale
OASIS Home Health OASIS-B1 (12/2002) www.cms.hhs.gov/oasis
PRIME-MD PHQ for evaluation of mental disorders www.depression-primarycare.org/clinicians/toolkits/materials/forms/phq9
SAAM Semi-Annual Assessment of Members - used for managed long term care - adapted from OASIS
SCL-90 www.pearsonassessments.com/tests/scl90r.htm
SF-36 self-reported health status www.sf-36.org
Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
Tinetti Balance Assessment Tool Journal of American Geriatric Soc., anodynetherapy.com/PDF%20Files/Tinetti.pdf
Tinettis Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA)
VA GEC VA Geriatrics and Extended Care: screening dataset for long term care placements (home care, nursing home, assisted living, etc.)
VisualAcuity Visual Acuity
VulnerableEldersSurvey Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) www.rand.org/health/projects/acove/docs/acove_ves13.pdf