Table 5.

Functional status of care receivers

Functional ability	n (%)
	Yes	No
Eating (need someone to feed him/her)	156 (74.3)	54 (25.7)
Bathing/showering	162 (77.1)	48 (22.9)
Dressing (choosing and wearing appropriate clothing)	157 (74.8)	53 (25.2)
Grooming (brushing hair, teeth)	23 (11.0)	187 (89.0)
Using toilet	151 (71.9)	5 9 (28.1)
Incontinence	172 (81.9)	38 (18.1)
Transferring from bed/chair/car	189 (90.0)	21 (10.0)
Preparing meals	182 (86.7)	28 (13.3)
Staying alone must be supervised	196 (93.3)	14 (6.7)
Taking medication	12 (5.7)	198 (94.3)
Managing money or finance	203 (96.7)	7 (3.3)
Performing household chores	163 (77.6)	47 (22.4)
Using the telephone	32 (15.2)	178 (84.8)
Mobility	142 (67.6)	68 (32.4)
Wandering or the potential to wander	40 (19.1)	170 (80.9)

Scores of ≥ 50 denotes low functional ability, scores of < 50 denotes high functional ability.