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• Identify how neuromotor dysfunction affects the patient's ability to perform BADLs, ADLs, and IADLs
• Perform home assessments and create modifications that ensure safety while promoting progress
• Integrate practical activities into ADLs for functional, occupation-based intervention
• Apply a functional knowledge of ADLs and Instrumental ADLs to treat patients with varying diagnoses
• Identify evaluation and treatment strategies for ADLs within neuromotor, cardio/pulmonary, and orthopedic rehabilitation
• Recognize the need for proper feeding techniques for patients experiencing respiratory dysfunction
• Discuss pediatric, adult, and geriatric considerations in the performance of daily living skills
• Utilize assessment tools to help identify areas of the patient's environment that are potentially unsafe
• Describe the impact of decreased mobility on performing self-care skills and functioning within specific areas of the home
• Break down daily activities into components to help patients identify problem areas
• Determine how to use adaptive equipment in the clinic and at home to improve ADL performance
• Justify therapeutic interventions to other members of the health care team and third-party payers through proper documentation

 

INTRODUCTION

How activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) are used in treatment

 

EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF ADL/IADL

• Neuromotor dysfunctions

-cerebral vascular accidents (CVA’s)

-muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis

-Parkinson’s disease

-Alzheimer’s disease

• Cardio/pulmonary dysfunctions

-congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease (CAD)

-respiratory complications

• COPD

-emphysema

-asthma

-aspiration from improper posture and feeding techniques

-proper breathing techniques during feeding tasks

• Orthopedic dysfunctions

-osteoarthritis

-rheumatoid arthritis

-joint limitation due to fractures and disuse atrophy

-hip and knee joint replacement

 

AGE RELATED FACTORS THAT AFFECT ADL/IADL

• Pediatrics
• Adults
• Geriatrics

 

HOME ASSESSMENTS AND HOME SAFETY

• Home environment interview
• Visiting the patient’s home to assess for a safe environment
• Returning the patient to a barrier-free home environment
• Recruiting allies—the spouse, caregiver, parent, child, etc.
• Use of assessment tools, checklists (a systematic approach)

 

MOBILITY AND ADLS

• How impaired mobility affects ADLs and self-care skills
• Decreased functional mobility in the kitchen, bathroom, and in entry/exit-ways

 

ACTIVITY ANALYSIS (A2) TO FACILITATE ADL INDEPENDENCE

• Assess the process, not the task itself
• Helps the therapist simplify the task at hand
• Allows the patient to visualize problem areas better

 

ADLS AND ADAPATIVE EQUIPMENT

• ADL equipment used in the clinic and at home
• When to use, when not to use
• Adaptive equipment—a hindrance or a help?
• Practice—first in the clinic then at home

 

DOCUMENTING AND GOAL WRITING

• Use of functional and practical ADL terminology
• Use of key indicators when writing functional goals
• Justifying therapeutic and functional interventions

 

CASE STUDIES AND GROUP COLLABORATION

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