·Assessment methodology

How GiveCare assessments work

Each check keeps its native meaning. Together, they can build a broader current picture without relabeling one instrument as another.

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0-30Native BSFC-s burden range

The operating sequence

GiveCare should not feel like a research survey. The assessment system exists to make the next useful step more visible.

Start with one bounded check

The public BSFC-s check stays short and returns its native burden result.

Ask deeper only when useful

SMS follow-up narrows to one domain instead of making every caregiver complete every assessment.

Turn it into one next step

The result should clarify what to do next. It is not a diagnosis, benefits decision, or emergency service.

Assessment layers

The public burden check stays simple. Longer or more specific checks are useful only when they improve the caregiver's next decision.

BSFC-s burden check

When: First user-facing entry point at /assessment
Length: 10 questions · About 3 minutes
Looks for: Subjective caregiver burden.
Output: A native 0-30 BSFC-s total and published interpretation.

Structural baseline

When: SMS onboarding, then about monthly
Length: 6 questions · About 2 minutes
Looks for: Modifiable constraints across six caregiver-load domains.
Output: A domain profile and support-routing signal.

Moment check-in

When: Every few days at first, then weekly
Length: 3 questions · About 30 seconds
Looks for: Current stress, mood, and coping.
Output: A native EMA-3 reading that updates the current GiveCare Score once a baseline exists.

Focused follow-up

When: Only when one structural domain needs more context
Length: 4 questions · About 1-2 minutes
Looks for: The specific facts that can change the next practical step.
Output: Context for Mira or an operator-supported handoff.

GiveCare assessment layers, timing, length, signal, and output
Layer	When	Length	Looks for	Output
BSFC-s burden check	First user-facing entry point at /assessment	10 questions About 3 minutes	Subjective caregiver burden.	A native 0-30 BSFC-s total and published interpretation.
Structural baseline	SMS onboarding, then about monthly	6 questions About 2 minutes	Modifiable constraints across six caregiver-load domains.	A domain profile and support-routing signal.
Moment check-in	Every few days at first, then weekly	3 questions About 30 seconds	Current stress, mood, and coping.	A native EMA-3 reading that updates the current GiveCare Score once a baseline exists.
Focused follow-up	Only when one structural domain needs more context	4 questions About 1-2 minutes	The specific facts that can change the next practical step.	Context for Mira or an operator-supported handoff.

How to read the public burden check

BSFC-s is a 0-30 burden measure. Higher totals mean greater burden; they are not a suicide-risk classification or a 0-100 GiveCare Score.

0-4

No increased risk of physical complaints or depression

5-14

Increased risk of physical complaints; no increased risk of depression

15-30

Greatly increased physical-complaint risk and increased depression risk

Native readings remain visible. EMA-3 can update the current GiveCare Score after a structural baseline exists; BSFC-s remains separately readable even when its burden signal is available to the broader assessment system.

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The public entry point is a BSFC-s caregiver burden check. Ongoing support and current-state measurement continue over SMS.

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