Independent Living Scales (ILS)

Question 1

5 subscales

Answer 1

Social Adjustment
Money Management
Health & Safety

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

currently broader age group, cognitive disorders (ex: dementia, TBI, schizo, once-institutionalized persons, mental retardation)
previously 65+ only
exclude: children

Question 3

ILS Contains

Answer 3

Stimulus booklet
pouch
record form

Question 4

What must be determined before ILS is administered?

Answer 4

determine if client has impairment in speech hearing or memory

Question 5

How the ILS assesses memory?

Answer 5

place items in front of client

after a while do the same & ask client if he/she remembers the item

Question 6

ILS: Money Management

Answer 6

financial transaction

manage home transportation

Question 7

ILS: problem-solving

Answer 7

test reasoning & judgement

Question 8

3 example questions in the ILS:

Answer 8

Please explain to me what social security benefits are?
By what date must you file income taxes
What is the price of the loaf of bread? (0.69-$3-ish)

Question 9

Internal Consistency of the ILS

Answer 9

type of reliability:
Lower for scales containing fewer items
Alpha Coefficient

Question 10

R-values for the ILS subscales

Answer 10

r-values = 0.8+

Question 11

Additional psychometric qualities

Answer 11

the tool incorporated

Interrater Reliability & ?Intraclass? correlation

Question 12

What

Answer 12

Criterion-related
construct
content

Question 13

Test-retest reliability

Answer 13

high

Question 14

outdated?

Answer 14

Requires a phone book

turn-dial phone

Question 15

Norm Reference

Answer 15

population in which psychometrics were determined

Question 16

Potential biases of the ILS?

Answer 16

age bias

generation bias: using checkbooks, phone books, operators, turn-dial phones

Question 17

Price of ILS

Answer 17

$340 from Pearson Education
Must have a degree to purchase
ex: Social Worker, etc.
Need a Master’s Degree to interpret ILS data