Health professionals
have a formal classification system for the level of function a person has. If you cannot, without
assistance, use the toilet, eat, dress, bathe, groom, get out of bed, get out of a chair, and walk—the
eight “Activities of Daily Living”—then you lack the capacity for basic physical independence.
If you cannot shop for yourself, prepare your own food, maintain your housekeeping, do your laundry, manage your medications, make phone calls, travel on your own, and handle your finances—the eight “Independent Activities of Daily Living”—then you lack the capacity to live safely on your own.
If you cannot shop for yourself, prepare your own food, maintain your housekeeping, do your laundry, manage your medications, make phone calls, travel on your own, and handle your finances—the eight “Independent Activities of Daily Living”—then you lack the capacity to live safely on your own.
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