Purpose

The purpose of the PAS is to determine medical eligibility for long-term care services.

The PAS tool contains a combination of functional and medical factors that are assigned weighted, numerical values. The customer is evaluated on these factors and the assessed scores are added together to get a total score.

The DD PAS tool is used to assess:

Developmental and Independent Living Skills;

Medical;

Nursing; and

Social needs of the customer.

In general, a customer scoring at or above a threshold score on the PAS is considered to be at immediate risk of institutionalization. This means that the customer needs the level of care typically provided in an institution, like a skilled nursing facility.