The Functional Living Scale - UK Version

TFLSUK assesses an individual’s ability to perform a variety of tasks that support independent functioning in the community.

Benefits

• Brief and easy to use
• Especially well-suited for use in assisted living and nursing home settings
• Can be used in comprehensive assessments, to support placement decisions, aid treatment planning, evaluate treatment outcomes, and monitor disease progression
• Subscale cumulative percentages and an overall T-Score can be used to help determine the examinee’s ability to function independently

Features

• Can be administered by a variety of professionals including:
• Neuropsychologists and clinical psychologists working with all age ranges, to determine appropriate level of care
• Therapists, to evaluate changes in level of care for individuals
• Researchers in pharmaceuticals companies, to help conduct Alzheimer/dementia drug efficacy trials.
• Covers four functional domains:
  • Time – Assesses the ability to use clocks and calendars
  • Money and Calculation – Assesses the ability to count money and write cheques
  • Communication – Assesses the ability to prepare a snack, use a phone and phone books
  • Memory – Assesses the ability to remember simple information and to take medications
• Assesses functional abilities quickly and easily
• Screens for dementia with a tool focused on skills likely to be affected by cognitive decline
• Monitors functional decline and disease progression
• Monitors treatment/drug efficacy
• Determines level of care required and adapt treatment plans
• Linked with key tools including the WAIS-IV UK and TOPF UK
• A validation study of TFLSUK was conducted on 250 UK adults between the ages of 16 and 90.