Glossary of Terms
Eldercare Terms and Topics
As you navigate the foreign territory of parent care, you can encounter specialized topics and terms that are unfamiliar. The links in this page describe eldercare topics and terms introduced in this website.
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HEALTHCARE
Activities of daily living (ADLs) are activities we normally perform in daily living including self care, work, homemaking, and leisure. Health professionals routinely refer to the ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measurement of the functional status of a person. This measurement is useful for assessing an elder in order to determine eligibility for coverage under an existing long term care insurance policy and/or to determine what type of healthcare and/or personal care services the elder may need. Basic ADLs consist of the following self care tasks: The ability to bathe; dress (and undress); eat; transfer from bed to chair, and back; maintain continence; and use the toilet.
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