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Activities of Daily Living

Routine activities that people tend to do every day without assistance are referred to as Activities of daily living (ADL).

Basic Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

  • Eating: chewing, swallowing, drinking
  • Bathing and showering
  • Personal hygiene and grooming: brushing, combing, styling hair
  • Dressing
  • Toilet hygiene: getting to the toilet, cleaning oneself, and getting back up
  • Functional mobility (also called “transferring”): walking, getting in or out of bed, sitting down or standing up

Hierarchy to the ADLs: hygiene, toilet use and locomotion, eating.

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs)

  • Cleaning and maintaining the house
  • Managing money
  • Moving within the community
  • Preparing meals
  • Shopping for groceries and necessities
  • Taking prescribed medications
  • Using the telephone or other form of communication

Though IADLs are not necessary for fundamental functioning, they allow the individual to live independently within a community.

Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale is a tool to help you assess your parent’s current independence.

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Community Village is operated for the purpose of
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Supplementing the modest resident fees, Community Village is sustained by charitable gifts from
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Community Village Senior Assisted Living is owned and operated by A&D Charitable Foundation, Inc. as a private not-for-profit home for seniors. It is licensed as a Michigan Home for the Aged license #AH 730401359

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3200 Hospital Road
Saginaw, MI 48603
Phone: (989) 792-5442
Fax: (989) 792-2717

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PO Box 6859
Saginaw, MI 48608

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