ADLs

_________ can contribute to a decline in the ability to perform tasks necessary to live independently

• normal aging changes

• acute illness

• worsening chronic illness

• hospitalization

IADL stands for

• Independent Activities of Daily Living

• Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

• Important Activities of Daily Living

• Imperative Activities of Daily Living

IADLs are considered more complex than ADLs

• True

• False

The information from a functional assessment can provide objective data to assist with targeting individualized rehabilitation needs

• False

• True

____ is a score of low functional status or dependence

• 8

• 6

• 4

• 0

The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL) is an appropriate instrument to assess

• nutritional needs

• patient ambulation

• independent living skills

• patient hygiene

Age-related changes and health problems frequently show themselves as declines in ________of older adults.

• mobility

• functional status

• eye sight

• overall health

A score of 6 indicates _______ of ADLs

• full function

• moderate impairment

• severe impairment

The Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living, commonly referred to as the Katz ADL, is the most appropriate instrument to assess functional status as a measurement of the client’s ability to perform activities of daily living independently.

• False

• True

The Katz Index ranks adequacy of performance in the six functions of bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and ______

• feeding

• cooking

• cleaning

• driving