The FIS is a 20-item Likert-type scale designed to assess the financial impact on an individual and his or her family of caring for the long-term needs of a disabled individual.

The CBS includes 8 items related to caregiving and 12 focusing on bereavement issues. Each scale assesses subsets of appraisal, individual consequences and family consequences regarding the stress and difficulties of bereavement experienced by adult caregivers following the death of a care recipient.