GB/T 42195-2022Specification for ability assessment of older adults (English PDF)

1 Scope

This document specifies the indicators and scoring, organizational implementation and evaluation results of the ability assessment of the elderly.

This document is intended for use in conducting capacity assessments for older persons.

2 Normative references

This document has no normative references.

3 Terms and Definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

4 Evaluation indicators and scoring

4.1 According to the index requirements in Table 1, there are 4 first-level indexes, including self-care ability, basic motor ability, mental state, perception and social participation.

There are 26 second-level indicators in total, including 8 second-level indicators of self-care ability, 4 second-level indicators of basic sports ability, and 9 second-level indicators of mental state.

There are 5 secondary indicators of perception, perception and social participation.

Table 1 Evaluation indicators of the ability of the elderly First-level indicators Second-level indicators Independence skills Eating, grooming, bathing, putting on/undressing, putting on/removing pants and footgear, urinary continence, stool continence, toileting Basic motor ability transfer of body position on bed, transfer of bed and chair, walking on level ground, going up and down stairs Mental state time orientation, space orientation, character orientation, memory, comprehension ability, expressive ability, aggressive behavior, depressive symptoms, level of consciousness Perception and Social Engagement Vision, hearing, performing daily tasks, using transportation to get out and about, social interaction skills 4.2 All indicators and scores are in accordance with the provisions in Table 2~Table 5.

Table 2 Self-care ability indicators and scores No. Self-care ability index index description score and description

1 Eating

Use appropriate equipment to food into the mouth and swallow 4 points. independently use utensils to put food into mouth and swallow without choking 3 points. Completed under the guidance or prompts of others, or using assistive devices independently, without coughing 2 points. A small amount of contact assistance is required in eating, and occasional (once a month or more) choking 1 point. Requires a lot of contact assistance in eating, frequently (once a week or more) choking 0 points. completely dependent on others to assist in eating, or have difficulty swallowing, or indwelling nutrition tube