Analysis of Activities of Daily Living in Elderly People Living Alone: Single-Subject Feasibility Study

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoji Suzuki ◽  
Mitsuhiro Ogawa ◽  
Sakuto Otake ◽  
Takeshi Izutsu ◽  
Yoshiko Tobimatsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Single Subject

Low Level Disability in Activities of Daily Living in Elderly People Living Independently: Risk Factors and Implications

1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-40
Author(s):  
Shari Collison ◽  
Flavia Cicuttini ◽  
Valerie Mead ◽  
Fiona Savio
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Low Level

Non-invasive monitoring of the activities of daily living of elderly people at home – a pilot study of the usage of domestic appliances

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 231-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina Corte Franco ◽  
Floriane Gallay ◽  
Marc Berenguer ◽  
Christine Mourrain ◽  
Pascal Couturier
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Invasive Monitoring ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Domestic Appliances ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals Mild cognitive impairment in the elderly Relationship between communication and functional capacity

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Iza Gomes da Penha Sobral ◽  
Cláudia Marina Tavares de Araújo ◽  
Marcos Felipe Falcão Sobral
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Intermediate Form ◽  
Instrumental Activities

Abstract Mild Cognitive Impairment is characterized as an intermediate form between age-related change and dementia. For the elderly, autonomy and independence are related to the ability to remain active in conducting their social activities and, for this to occur, communication is fundamental in this process. Objective: To assess the association between communication and the abilities of elderly people with mild cognitive impairment to perform instrumental activities of daily living. Methods: A cross-sectional, quantitative, analytical, correlational study was conducted at the Open University of the Third Age (UnATI), a program of the Federal University of Pernambuco. This study included 92 people, comprising 46 elderly with mild cognitive impairment and a caregiver or family member who met the inclusion criteria. The elderly were asked to complete a sociodemographic questionnaire and Lawton-Brody’s Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale. The caregivers were asked to complete the Functional Assessment of Communication Skills. The following variables were studied: social communication skills and instrumental activities of daily living. Data were stored in an Excel® 2007 spreadsheet, and the Pearson correlation test was used for the statistical analysis. Results: There were statistically significant correlations in four domains of social communication: referring to family members by name (p=0.0033); requesting information about people or events (p=0.0355); understanding conversations in a noisy environment (p=0.0448); and understanding what they watch on television or listen to on the radio (p=0.0127). Conclusion: Changes in the communication of elderly people with mild cognitive impairment interfere with their ability to perform instrumental activities autonomously and independently.

Speech-based prompting system to assist with activities of daily living: A feasibility study

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Neeraja Murali Dharan ◽  
Muhammad Raisul Alam ◽  
Alex Mihailidis
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Prompting System

A review of instrumental ADL assessments for use with elderly people

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Ward ◽  
Carol Jagger ◽  
William Harper
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Instrumental Activities ◽  
Hierarchical Nature ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Definition Of

The concept of formal or standardized tests for assessing function came to the fore in the 1960s. Katz et al. acknowledged the hierarchical nature of activities of daily living (ADL) such as eating, continence, transferring, going to the toilet, dressing and bathing in his ’Index of ADL’ and by 1968 ‘ADL’ was an accepted Index Medicus category. The definition of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) began in 1969 with the work of Lawton and Brody who presented two scales to assess function which recognized the different degrees of complexity required for performing functional tasks. The first scale, taking life maintenance and activities essential for self-care as the primary level, was called the Physical Self-Maintenance Scale.

scholarly journals Detecting Activities of Daily Living and Routine Behaviours in Dementia Patients Living Alone Using Smart Meter Load Disaggregation

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Chalmers ◽  
Paul Fergus ◽  
Casimiro Adays Curbelo Montanez ◽  
Sudip Sikdar ◽  
Freya Ball ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Dementia Patients ◽  
Load Disaggregation
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