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To screen for functional cognition. To help indicate if they can function safely independently (but requires further validation). To help inform further assessment, and to help inform intervention planning. To contribute to funding reports, e.g. NDIS.

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Gives a baseline understanding of functional cognition

Can be administered in 10-15 minutes

Can be used on bedside, disposable options

Different versions, small, large, disposable

Standardised, norms

Validated, researched

Score indicates functional performance

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Cannot use it more than once

2-day training to administer

Still requires validation (pro and a con)

Not ideal for people with disability e.g. difficulty with manual hand function, vision

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Intended for adults with psychiatric disorders and/or cognitive impairment (i.e. dementia)

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Based on observations

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- Left or right handed: influence on performance based on demonstration (this could be a con)

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Experience with the task or not

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Sensory stimuli could affect their performance

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Emotional distress they are in

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Time of day it is administered (consider their medication)

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Stress being assessed

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Typically used in mental health, brain injury/stroke

Would not use it: paeds (but you can use it on adolesents), spinal cord (if hands affected)

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could have issues with problem solving and perseverance with the test, but perform functional assessment independently

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Assessing frustration tolerance and persistence

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bit of a checklist, they did this this etc. they didn't do this

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religious reasons don't want to touch leather

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impairment, age