Everyday functions and activities that people usually do without help. These include dressing, eating, bathing, toileting, transferring and continence. Many insurance policies use the inability to perform a certain number of activities (such as 2 of 6) to determine eligibility for benefits.
WP Glossary Term Usage
- Definitions
- Welcome
- Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
- Credit Card Requirement
- Sensory Disability
- Credit Card Requirement
- Geriatrician
- In-home Services
- Personal Care Assistant
- Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
- Home Health Aide
- Veteran’s Aid & Attendant Benefit
- ADLs
- Long Term Care
- Hands-On Assistance
- Custodial Care
- Toileting
- Caregiver
- Eating
- Bathing
- Truancy
- Nursing Home
- Elder Care
- Continence
- Long Term Care Insurance
- Private Duty Agency
- Domestic Worker
- Occupational Therapist
- Home Health Care