PINHEIRA, Vitor; PINTO, Soraia; SANTOS, Sofia (2012) - Measuring ADL’s in elderly in community and institutionalized:preliminary results over a six months period. In IAGG-ER Congress of the Clinical Medicine Section, Praga, 29-31 de agosto. Poster
Title
Measuring ADL’s in elderly in community and institutionalized:preliminary results over a six months period
Subject
ADL’s Elderly Community Institutionalized Autonomy
Population aging is a global phenomenon. It is a progressive and irreversible
multifactorial process. It is strongly influenced by the environment, in particular, lifestyles and stages of
disease.Functional capacity can be evaluated through the basic activities of daily living (BADL’s) and
instrumental activities of daily living (IADL’s) which are essential to the autonomy of the elderly.