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PALLIATIVE CARE

Assessment Tools

Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale. (Victoria Hospice Society, 2001). http://www.palliative.org/PC/ClinicalInfo/
AssessmentTools/esas.pdf

Palliative Performance Scale. Relevant to palliative care function. (Victoria Hospice Society, 2001). http://www.palliative.org/PC/ClinicalInfo/
AssessmentTools/PPS.pdf

Karnofsky Performance Scale. Allows patients to determine their own functional capacity. http://www.hospicepatients.org/karnofsky.html

Dementia Assessment Tools
Symptom Assessment in Dementia patients:
Try this: Assessing Communication Ability in Persons with Dementia http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis
/communication.pdf

Try this: Assessing Pain in Persons with Dementia
http://consultgerirn.org/uploads/File/trythis/
assessingPain.pdf

Assessment/Screening Tools for Depression
EPERC Fast Fact: Is it Grief or Depression?
http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/fastFact/ff_43.htm
Periyakoil, VJ. Fast Facts and Concepts #43: Is it grief or depression? August 2005, 2nd edition. End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center www.eperc.mcw.edu

Try This: Geriatric Depression Scale
http://consultgerirn.org/uploads/File/trythis/issue04.pdf

Oral Mucositis: Diagnosis and Assessment. End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center. http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/fastFact/ff_121.htm Henson CF and Arnold R. (September 2004). Fast Facts and Concepts #121:

Oral mucositis: Prevention and treatment. End-of-Life Physician Education Resource Center.http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/fastFact/ff_130.htm
Henson CF and Arnold R. (September 2004).

Last updated - March 2006