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  1. What to Know About ADLs and IADLs – Occupational Therapy

    • ADLstands for activities of daily living. ADLs are the essential activities that humans need to do every day. The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) publishes a Framework that is regularly u… See more

    Categories

    The categories of ADLs in the current version of the AOTA Framework (version 4, 2020) include: … See more

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    Importance For Patients

    If you stay at a hospital, you may hear the term ADLs discussed by staff. ADLs are important because doctors and therapists (including occupational therapists) evaluate each patient… See more

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    IADLs

    Another term is you should be familiar with is IADLs. The I stands for instrumental. IADLs are not considered as important as ADLs and are less important of a factor in the discharg… See more

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