Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Life Alarm Services has been recognized as a provider of quality medical alarm/personal emergency response systems for numerous years. Our well trained staff, customer friendly support, dependable products and concern for the well-being of our subscribers are a few factors that make Life Alarm stand out above the rest.
Life Alarm Services is referred through thousands of public agencies, hospitals, community service organizations, home health care providers, and subscribers throughout the nation. Our monitoring center has monitored thousands of subscribers, and provided them with quality service throughout. That is an accomplishment we are very proud of. After all, each of our subscribers and their families trust in our service due to the responsibility we have.
We provide medical alarm/personal emergency response service throughout the United States and Canada. Our product is a very installer-friendly plug and play system. This simplistic system makes our subscribers comfortable with the operation of their life saving system, Life Alarm. The two-way voice communication system assures quick and efficient response to any in-home emergency. Our systems are ideally designed for the elderly and disabled persons who are home alone and medically at risk.
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
Health care professionals use evaluation standards in assessing the abilities of the elderly for purposes of recommending living arrangements. An elderly individual possessing the capabilities known as Instrumental Activities of Daily Living is one considered able to safely live in the home with possible dependence on some type of medical alarm system. This type person does not have to live in a nursing home or in an assisted living arrangement.
First, these capabilities need to be assessed. Older adults may be reluctant to participate in a functional assessment if they fear losing independence as a result. They may report that their living situation is adequate even if it is not. Emphasize must be stressed that the goal of the test is to determine the safest living environment possible.
Major Medical Trauma
If your loved has suffered major medical trauma and has been released to go home, they will need to be assessed for instrumental activities of daily living. There is professional testing available to assess an elderly person or person with limited physical abilities. Below is an example of some of the activities that will be assessed.
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living to be Assessed:
- Using the telephone
- Shopping
- Preparing food
- Housekeeping
- Doing Laundry
- Using transportation
- Handling medications
- Handling finances
Elderly Healthy
The majority of elderly people in their younger retirement years are relatively healthy and not limited in their instrumental activity of daily living. However health and mobility do decline with age. By the time they reach their eighties and nineties, the chance of being limited in activity and in need of health services increase significantly. Having your loved assessed for instrumental activities of daily living and set up with Life-Alarm Services will give you peace of mind and help them live independently for as long as possible.
Depending on others
With today’s economy, many parents are depending on grandparents to help with childcare. In those cases in which an elderly individual is entrusted with care of young children, you may first want a professional to assess his or her ability. For the sake of minors and for the elderly individual, it is essential that the elderly person is aware of safety practices, understands what constitutes an emergency situation and knows what to do when confronted with one. Meeting all these abilities determines the ability of an elderly person to live alone.
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