Activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) are tasks that independent adults can do on their own. ADLs include feeding, getting dressed, bathing, toileting, ...
Ask doctors, nurses, or social workers what family caregivers do, and the response is likely to be: “Help the patient with ADLs [activities of daily living] and IADLs [instrumental activities of daily ...
Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional method used by geriatricians and oncologists to detect and evaluate multiple age-related problems and to plan and coordinate ...
According to the National Cancer Institute, ADL refers to ‘Activities of Daily Living’ or basic self-care tasks, and is a concept of how independent an elderly person is. These are routine activities ...