Functional/Rehab/Psych/Support Flashcards
What is WeeFIM?
Pediatric Version of the Functional Independence Measure System
What does WeeFIM do?
It tracks and documents functional performance in children and adolescents with acquired or congenital disabilities.
What is the most important score in the WeeFIM?
Length of stay efficiency score. Because it indicates how quickly a program is able to improve a child’s functional ability.
What does WeeFIM measure?
It measures the child’s need for assistance in addition to the severity of the disability and provides a method to evaluate outcomes for pediatric rehab programs.
What other measures do the WeeFIM include?
Self-care, mobility, and cognition.
What does Self-Care Measures include?
How well the child is able to feed, groom, bathe, dress and complete toileting tasks including managing of bowel and bladder.
What does Mobility Measures include?
How well the child is able to transfer in/out of a chair or WC, on/off a toilet, or in/out of tub or shower and the ability to walk, crawl, or use a WC and to go up/down stairs.
What does the Cognition Measure include?
How well the child understands information, expresses themselves, interacts with peers solves daily problems and recalls information.
The Instrumental ADLs tool includes:
Ability to use phone, shopping, food prep, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, responsibility for own meds, handling finances.
Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE)
Used to examine the injured worker as they completed activities in a structured setting to identify the current level of function. It helps determine job placement, job accommodation, or RTW after injury or illness. Provides objective info regarding functional work ability in the determination of occupational disability status.
Work Hardening Goal
Return employee to work.
Temporary Partial Disability (TPD)
Partially incapacitated for the length of the disability and is unable to perform normal work duties but can engage in modified work.
What assessment tool is used to PRE-SCREEN patients for Depression?
PHQ-2
Which tool can CM use to assess for substance abuse or addiction?
CAGE tool
Dual Diagnosis is?
Patient’s with coexisting mental illness and substance abuse disorders. 1/3 of those with Mental illness also struggle with substance abuse.