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Table 1 ADL Assistance Needs Definition

From: Informal care relationships and residential aged care recommendations: evidence from administrative data

ADL

ADL Description

 

Needing the assistance or supervision of another person with:

Body Movement

Activities such as maintaining or changing body position, carrying, moving and manipulation objects, getting in or out of bed or a chair

Moving

Walking and related activities, either away from home or away from home

Communication

Understanding others, making oneself understood by others

Health

Taking medication or administering injections, dressing wounds, using medical machinery, manipulating muscles or limbs, taking care of feet (includes a need for home nursing and allied health care, such as physiotherapy and podiatry)

Self Care

Daily self-care tasks such as eating, showering/bathing, dressing, toileting and managing incontinence

Transport

Using public transport, getting to and from places away from home or driving

Social

Shopping, banking, participating in recreational, cultural or religious activities, attending day centres, managing finances and writing letters

Domestic

Household chores such as washing, ironing, cleaning and formal linen services

Meals

Meals, including the delivery of prepared meals, help with meal preparation and managing basic nutrition

Home

Home maintenance and gardening

Other

Needs assistance with other tasks not stated above

  1. Source: AIHW, 2014