52 PCN Function Assessment FAST

Functional Assessment Staging (dementia, cognitive impairment)
Scale Description
5 requires assistance in choosing proper clothing to wear for day/season/occasion
6A improperly putting on clothes without assistance
6B unable to bathe properly occasionally or more often over past weeks
6C inability to handle mechanics of toileting occasionally or more often over past weeks
6D urinary incontinence occasionally or more often
6E fecal incontinence occasionally or more often over past week
7A ability to speak limited to approximately 6 words or fewer in the course of a day
7B speech ability limited to use of a single intelligible word in a day (may be repeated)
7C ambulatory ability is lost; cannot walk without personal assistance
7D cannot sit up without assistance; will fall without lateral support
7E loss of ability to smile
7F loss of ability to hold head up independently
Based on highest CONSECUTIVE level of disability
Scale Description
5 correlates with moderate dementia
6 correlates with moderately severe
7 correlates with severe
7 roughly correlates with 6 month prognosis

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