BPAD™

Behavioral and Psychological Assessment of Dementia™

Purpose: Assesses changes in behavior and mood associated with the onset of various dementia syndromes

Format: Paper and pencil, Download, E-Manual

Age range: 30 years to 90 years

Time: 15 minutes

DETAILS:

The BPAD is a standardized informant report that assesses the changes in both behavior and mood that are associated with the onset and course of various dementia syndromes.

Features and Benefits

• Categories symptoms into three clusters (i.e., Psychopathological, Behavioral, Biological) and further, into seven domains (i.e., Perceptual/Delusional, Positive Mood/Anxiety, Negative Mood/Anxiety, Aggressive, Perseverative/Rigid, Disinhibited, Biological Rhythms).

• Response Booklet is a large-print to simplify completion by individuals with vision difficulties.

• Can be employed in a wide range of settings (e.g., outpatient clinics, assisted living settings, clinical research settings) with heterogeneous groups of individuals with suspected or diagnosed dementia (e.g., patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, patients with vascular dementia, psychiatric patients with suspected dementia).