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Term: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Difficulty Scale

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2011-02-22

Definition:

A scale produced by the RAI-HC© system to measure the amount of difficulty home care clients have when performing three IADL tasks - meal preparation, ordinary housework and telephone use. This scale ranges from 0 (no difficulties in any three tasks) to 6 (great difficulty in all three tasks). A score of 4 defines people with great difficulty completing only one of these IADL tasks.

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  • Doupe M, Fransoo R, Chateau D, Dik N, Burchill C, Soodeen R-A, Bozat-Emre S, Guenette W. Population Aging and the Continuum of Older Adult Care in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2011. [Report] [Summary] (View)


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