FEATURED LINKS

• VIVE Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders
• Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, ConsultGeriRN.org, Try This Series, Assessment Tools
• Folstein MINI Mental State Examination (Assessment) Tool is Copy Right Protected!, You can not use it without paying for it. Read this article! The New England Journal of MedicineCopyright and Open Access at the Bedside December 29th 2011

LINKS

• Abuse Assessment Screen (Picture of body to use)
• Activities of Daily  Living Inventory
• AD-S Informant Interview -A brief Informant to detect interview
• A Guide to Assessing Needs: Essential Tools for Collecting Information, Making Decisions and Achieving Development Results - Free Book Download
• Allen Cognitive Level Screen
• Assessments
• Assessment of Quality of Life, AQOL
• Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished - Capacity: A handbook for Psychologists
• Back to the A-B-C's, Understanding & Responding to Behavior Symptoms in Dementia
• Brief Abuse Screen for the Elderly
• Brief Evaluation of Executive Dysfunction
• CAGE Questionnaire
• CANE Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly, University of Delaware
• Cleveland Scale for Activities of Daily Living CSALD
• Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
• Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Information
• Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments
• Conflict Tactics Scale
• Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia
• Dangerous Behavior Assessment - Domestic Violence Intervention Program
• Decision Making Dementia
• Dementia Capability Tool Kit - Free Download
• Dementia Severity Rating Scale- A Caregiver questionnaire for rating severity in Alzheimer's Disease
• Dementia and Delirium Assessment Tools - Offers access to the Clock Drawing Test, Confusion Assessment Method, Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, and Time and Change Test.
• Dependence Scale
• Direct Assessment of Functional Status
• Disability Assessment for Dementia DAD
• Elder Abuse Suspicion Index (Questionaire)
• Elder Assessment Instrument EAI
• Elopement Risk Assessment Form
• EM Finders, Elopement Risk Assessment Form, Elopement Risk Assessment Decision Tree
• Environment & Communication Assessment Tool Kit
• Executive Dysfunction Assessment - Recommended for all discharges from Rehab and Hospital where patient has not returned to baseline cognition and dementia was not present prior to admission.
• F.A.C.T. S.  Assessment of Consent for Sex: An Objective Test
• FAST - Functional Assessment Staging Tool for Alzheimer's
• The Florida Brain Bank
• Gathering Data on Sexual Orientation
• General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG)- The GPCOG: A new screening test for dementia designed for general practice, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002 Pages 530 to 534
• Geriatric Pain Toolkit- free assessments available
• Global Clinical Dementia Rating Scale CDR - Online Form
• HWALEK-SENGSTOCK ELDER ABUSE SCREENING TEST (H-S/EAST)
• IDEAS - Innovate Designs in Environment for an Aging Society
• Indicators of Abuse Screen
• Instructions for Using CDR Clinical Dementia Rating Scale
  
• John A. Hartford Foundation
• Making Medical decisions for Someone Else: a How to guide - American Bar Association
• MAST-G Alcohol Screening for Older Adults
• Minnesota's ADRC Online Assessment Form
• Minimum Data Set (MDS) - National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center
• The Mini Cognitive Exam - The Mini-Cog in a tool that can be used to detect dementia quickly and easily in various settings, either during routine visits or hospitalization. This site features information about the Mini-Cog and how to administer it. Also features links to other pages related to the Mini-Cog, Alzheimer’s screening tests, geriatric care and dementia.
• Mini Cog: a cognitive vital signs measure for dementia screening in multi lingual elderly
• Mini - Cog Test
• National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center - The following assessments are available - FTLD Module, Uniform Data Set UDS, Neuropathology Data Set NP
• National Center on Elder Abuse, Assessments and Articles, Substance Abuse
• NCAA National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center - The NIA Alzheimer's Disease Centers Program, The Following Assessments can Be Obtained Here - Family History: Affected Family Members, Supplemental UPDRS, Clinical PPA and bvFTD Features, Neuropsychological Battery Summary Scores, Social Norms Questionnaire, Social Behavior Observer Checklist, Behavioral Inhibition Scale, Interpersonal Reactivity Index
• New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging
• Non Verbal Depression Scale Hayes and Lohse
• Nursing Management of Disturbed Behavior in Aged Care Facilities, Lecture Notes and Resource Kit with Many assessments
• Over Aggression Scale OAS-MNR
• PAR - Assessments Products and Services
• Person Centered Assessment Tool- A Guide for Creating Quality of Life and Successfully Refocusing Behavior for People with Alzheimer's Disease and related Dementia in Long Term Care Settings, Excellent resource for survey ready tools and assessments 
• Person Directed Dementia Care Assessment Tool - Free PDF Download from State of Wisconsin
• Policy Focus: How to Gather Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Clinical Settings
• Promoting Sexual Safety, Responding to Sexual Activity and managing Allegations of Sexual Assault in Adult Acute Inpatient Units
• PSAT The Psychosexual Assessment and Treatment Continuum 
• QUE Cards for MDS 3.0 Free Download
• Reality Comprehension Clock Test and Dementia Population Gift of Purpose Programs Dementia Tools, Communication Art, Inc
• SAMSHA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration- Substance Abuse Among Older Adults includes assessment and screening and treatment
• Screening for Mistreatment of Older Adults
• Screening Tools and Referral Protocol Stopping Abuse Against Older Ohioans, A Guide for Service Providers
• Self Care Performance Tool
• Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test-Geriatric Version (SMAST-G)
• SLUMS (St. Louis University Mental Status Exam) - Developed to detect for mild cognitive impairment.
• St. Andres Sexual Behavior Scale (SASBA Scale)
• St. Andres Sexual Behavior Scale Directions
• Substance Abuse Screen and Assessment Instruments Database- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, ADAI Libra
• VIVE Video- Interviewing Vulnerable Elders
• VIVE - Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders - Is available for ordering from CMS. Please visit http://productordering.cms.hhs.gov to order a copy of the DVD (CMS Product No. 11479-CD) and is also viewable on YouTube. This Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders (VIVE) was funded by the Picker Institute and produced by the UCLA/JH Borun Center.
• Watch Video That Demonstrates How To cConduct the Elder Assessment Instrument
• Whole Person Dementia Assessment Tool
  

MORBID PAIN SCALE

• MOBID–2 Pain Scale
• Pain in Older Persons
  
• Mobilization-Observation-Behavior-Intensity-Dementia Pain Scale (MOBID): Development
  and Validation of a Nurse-Administered Pain Assessment Tool for Use in Dementia
  
• Pain in older persons with severe dementia. Psychometric properties of the
• Mobilization–Observation–Behaviour–Intensity–Dementia (MOBID-2) Pain Scale in a clinical setting
  Please note that this tool has not been evaluated in English-speaking populations yet.

Articles:

http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=756614 (Doerflinger, D. M. C. (2007). How To Try This: The Mini-Cog . American Journal of Nursing, 107(12), 62-71) Features more in-depth information about the mini-cog including its uses, administration, interpretation of results, cultural considerations, and communication of results.

Mini Cognitive Instrument: http://consultgerirn.org/uploads/File/trythis/issue03.pdf
Scroll down to the “General Assessment Series” box. In the upper righthand corner, click on “Click to view”. Scroll down to issue 3.