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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Hous Elderly. 2013 Apr 11;27(1-2):191–205. doi: 10.1080/02763893.2012.754822

TABLE 4.

Functional activities1 questionnaire completed relative, friend or caregiver by living situation

At home Other Total
Number 419 409 828
Percent of total 51 49 100
% % %
Activities of daily living (ADLs)
  Feeding, including cutting meat or buttering bread 74 33 53
  Bathing, either sponge bath, tub bath or shower 60 17 39
  Dressing, including getting clothes from closet and drawers and using fasteners 63 21 42
  Getting in and out of bed or chair 53 22 38
  Going to toilet room for bowel and urine elimination and cleaning self after (missing = 175) 66 26 46
  Controlling urination and bowel movement 64 26 45
  Moving about indoors 48 15 32
  Moving about outdoors 35 9 22
  All ADLs 30 5 18
  All ADLs except moving 44 10 27
Instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
  Paying bills, writing checks, balancing a checkbook, keeping financial records 60 17 39
  Assembling taxes, managing business affairs or papers 55 14 35
  Shopping alone for clothes, groceries, and household necessities 53 13 33
  Playing a game of skill or working on a hobby 61 24 42
  Heating water, making a cup of coffee (tea) and turning off stove 74 28 51
  Preparing a balanced meal 60 14 37
  Keeping track of current events 73 31 53
  Paying attention and understanding a TV program, discussing a book or newspaper article 72 32 52
  Remembering appointments, plans, household tasks, car repairs, family occasions, holidays, or medications 62 25 44
  Driving a car 30 5 18
  Traveling out of the neighborhood, arranging to take bus or taxi 54 14 34
  Using the telephone 69 33 51
  All IADLs 24 3 14
1

Does without difficulty or advice or doesn’t do regularly but can do if he/she had to. p < 0.0001 for all variables.

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