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FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT

Client __________________________________________                               0 = No Impairment    

Date _____/_____/_____                                                                                     1 = Minimally Impaired   

Prepared by _________________________________                                       2 = Moderately Impaired 

                                                                                                                             3 = Very Impaired 

 COGNITIVE STATUS                                                                                        0       1      2     3 

Orientation to person, place, time

 

 

 

 

MEMORY

- Short term

 

 

 

 

- Long term

 

 

 

 

- Retention, recall

 

 

 

 

COMMUNICATION

- Attention

 

 

 

 

- Comprehension

 

 

 

 

- Oral/sign

 

 

 

 

- Reading

 

 

 

 

- Writing

 

 

 

 

MENTAL HEALTH

- Mood/affect (eg, depression, mania, control of emotions)

 

 

 

 

- Thought (reality testing, delusions, hallucinations)

 

 

 

 

- Responsiveness/compliance to psychoactive medication

 

 

 

 

Misuse of drugs/alcohol

 

 

 

 

Behavior - (wandering, assaultive, demanding, abusive)

 

 

 

 

Judgement/insight - to evaluate consequences of own action

 

 

 

 

Problem solving skills

 

 

 

 

Social awareness

 

 

 

 

Danger to self or others

 

 

 

 

Calculation

 

 

 

 

Planning and organization skills

 

 

 

 

Appearance

 

 

 

 

PERSONAL CARE                                                                                                0     1      2      3

Eating

 

 

 

 

Bathing

 

 

 

 

Dressing

 

 

 

 

Cooking

 

 

 

 

Laundry

 

 

 

 

Personal hygiene

 

 

 

 

Toileting

 

 

 

 

Transferring (out of bed, out of chair, etc)

 

 

 

 

Medication Management

 

 

 

 

HEALTH                                                                                                                0     1      2      3

General condition

 

 

 

 

Ambulation

 

 

 

 

Mobility

 

 

 

 

Hearing

 

 

 

 

Vision

 

 

 

 

Dental

 

 

 

 

Sleep

 

 

 

 

Dietary Restrictions

 

 

 

 

Appetite

 

 

 

 

Need for artificial feeding/hydration

 

 

 

 

Bowel/bladder control

 

 

 

 

Skin care issues

 

 

 

 

COMMUNITY LIVING                                                                                        0     1      2      3

Housekeeping

 

 

 

 

Laundry

 

 

 

 

Shopping

 

 

 

 

TRANSPORTATION

- Driving

 

 

 

 

- Bus

 

 

 

 

- Ability to ride in a car

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

- Willingness and ability to spend necessary money

 

 

 

 

- Susceptibility to financial chicanery/credit abuse

 

 

 

 

- Ability to write checks, keep register

 

 

 

 

- Ability to manage investments

 

 

 

 

Housing and property management

 

 

 

 

Medical care - ability to recognize and seek care of medical needs

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL ABILITIES

- Ability to manage community interaction (eg, clerks, bus drivers)

 

 

 

 

- Ability to maintain friendships

 

 

 

 

- Ability to interact with family

 

 

 

 

Interest in daily mail

 

 

 

 

Telephone use

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL SUPPORTS

- Available and adequate family support

 

 

 

 

- Availability of adequate social services

 

 

 

 

- Adequacy of physical environment (privacy, esthetics, etc)

 

 

 

 

- Adequacy of finances

 

 

 

 

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