Severe Impairment Battery – Short Form (SIB-S)

Severe Impairment Battery – Short Form (SIB-S)

Assess people with very severe dementia

Author/s: Judy Saxton, K L McGonigle, A A Swihart and Francois Buller, 2008

Age Range: Older Adults

Administration: Individual – 10 to 15 minutes

The NEW Severe Impairment Battery – Short Form (SIB-S) has been developed to meet the assessment needs for people with very severe dementia.

It includes a number of items from the original SIB and takes only 10-15 minutes to administer. Subscale scores for nine cognitive domains can be calculated for the SIB-S:

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  Attention


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  Memory


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  Praxis


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  Concentration


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  Visuospatial Ability


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  Social Interaction


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  Language


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  Construction


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  Orientating to Name

The new SIB-S is published as a supplement to the original SIB and can be purchased to enhance your assessments for people with severe dementia.

SIB-S Supplement Kit: includes manual and pack of 25 record forms