During the PAS Interview

Use open-ended questions and inquiry statements to get a clear, complete picture of the customer’s ability to remember instructions and demonstrations. The task should be age appropriate and familiar to the customer.

Score based on the customer’s ability to:

Remember HOW to do a task.

Complete the task with or without prompts.

When scoring, do NOT consider:

A task that is scored in another section of the PAS, such as dressing or personal hygiene.

Complex tasks or new tasks the customer is learning.

Whether or not the customer remembers to DO the task.

How long it took the customer to learn how to do the task.

How long it takes the customer to do the task.

Include the information when entering the comment. The comment must include the tasks assessed and who gave the information. Examples of tasks are putting on lotion, doing laundry, making the bed, or taking out the trash.