The Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE) is an
internationally accepted tool for assessing the needs of older people.
Needs are assessed in twenty-four areas of life and cover a broad range
of health, social and psychological domains. Two items that measure the
needs of those who care for the older person are also included. The CANE
is suitable for use in research, clinical practice and for evaluating
health and social services provided to older people. It has been used
for over twenty years in a range of settings, populations and countries.
This book outlines the evidence for its use in effectively measuring the
needs of older people across primary care, community, inpatient and care
home settings. Both the full version CANE and short version (CANE-S) are
included, along with a detailed manual and scoring guidance. The
assessment forms are freely available to download from
researchintorecovery.com/can and cambridge.org.