Overview of IDEAL schedule and how to use it

Abstract

This chapter gives a detailed description of the International Schedule for the Integrated Assessment and Staging of Care for Dementia (IDEAL schedule), as well as of the glossary that accompanies the schedule. It provides information necessary to decide who may use the schedule, what purposes the assessments may serve, and how the schedule should be used. The chapter describes the IDEAL schedule’s structure, as well as its seven dimensions and the anchor points that the schedule has for each of those dimensions, and the schedule’s rating system. It also describes how to train staff in the use of the IDEAL schedule, how to conduct a clinical interview with the IDEAL schedule, and what to take into account in finalizing the assessment after the IDEAL interview.