Title: Assessments in Rehab | Brain Injury Association of America
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Assessments in Rehab
Functional Independence Measure™ (FIM)
Functional Assessment Measure (FAM)
Disability Rating Scale (DRS)
Rancho Los Amigos Level of Cognitive Functioning Scale (RLAS)
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Once an individual with brain injury is in a rehabilitative setting, the treatment team will use a variety of tests and assessments to determine the individual’s progress. These results of these assessments may be discussed with the person’s family and loved ones and may be reported to insurance companies to demonstrate the patient’s improvement over time. Functional Independence Measure™ (FIM)
The Functional Independence Measure™ (FIM) is the most widely accepted assessment used by clinicians in hospital-based, acute rehabilitation. The FIM is an 18-item ordinal scale, made up of twelve physical items and six cognitive items. It is designed to assess an individual’s progress during inpatient rehabilitation. The FIM is also useful in assessing the amount of assistance the individual may require after he or she is discharged from rehabilitation. Functional Assessment Measure (FAM)
The Functional Assessment Measure (FAM) was developed as an addition to the FIM to assesses an individual’s cognitive, behavioral, communicative, and community functioning abilities.