Research Update: Activity and Occupation-Based Assessment Tools, Fall Prevention Interventions, and Lifestyle Redesign for Diabetes in Primary Care

Use of Activity- and Occupation-Based Assessment Tools in Sub-Acute Care Ecologically valid assessment tools, or those that allow practitioners to easily generalize performance observed during evaluation to typical daily routines, are critical to the practice of occupational therapy (Gillen, 2013). However, paper-pencil assessments, like the Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE), are valued by many other professional disciplines and continue to be